Tessa Dunlop
The winner of MHM’s 2026 Book of the Year award on time travel, iconic women, and the complexity of conflict.
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Sir Lawrence Freedman
The academic, historian, and author on war stories, shifting interests, and some memorable moments.
Damien Lewis
The best-selling author, historian, and film-maker on untold stories, personal heroes, and dream movie castings.
Picasso – half man, half bull
Picasso never visited Greece, let alone Crete. He didn’t need to do so. He re-created it on paper. The drawings and prints in our show reveal how Picasso evoked the ancient world and peopled it with gorgeous girls who resembled his mistresses.
Vo Nguyen Giap
General Giap was one of the 20th century’s foremost military commanders. He made his name commanding the military wing of the Viet Minh during the Second World War, before becoming commander-in-chief of the People’s Army of Vietnam.
Patrick Leigh Fermor: paddy power
Dominic Green leads a tour travelling in the footsteps of the accomplished writer, scholar and soldier Patrick Leigh Fermor around Southern Greece
All you need to know about… Themistocles
Themistocles was an ancient Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of elected officials, and went on to become one of the city’s most successful military leaders.
Conflict Scientists: John Philip Holland
Patrick Boniface considers the influence of science on warfare.
Who was the Greatest Leader of All Time?
The search continues for Military Times’ greatest leader of all time. This month Alexander the Great and George Washington are under the microscope.