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The Aspects of History Newsletter: Strange Gentrification and Historical Dissonance – 12th August 2026
From The Editor
Morning all! This is the second of our weekly newsletters as we settle into the routines of our revamped Substack.
As ever, it’s been a busy week on the frontline of history books, featuring and promoting more titles f...
The Making of the Modern Middle East – An Interview with Simon Sebag Montefiore
The bestselling historian discussed his latest title, The Cauldron, with Justin Doherty, pinpointing how empire, religion, ideology and geopolitics have shaped one of the world's most disputed regions
Great to have you back in the Aspects...
The Aspects of History Newsletter: Substack Revamped
Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right) on 6th and 9th August respectively, the 71st anniversary of both falling this coming week.
From The Editor
Welcome to the first of our newsletters as we begin Augu...
The Odyssey Effect – In Conversation with Erica Stevenson
The classicist and the creator behind Youtube’s MoAn Inc. discusses her debut title, the lasting appeal of Homer's poem, and Christopher Nolan's ambitious new blockbuster adaptation.
Welcome to the Aspects of History podcast, Erica. Congra...
The Aspects of History Film Club: The Odyssey Effect with Erica Stevenson (aka MoAn Inc.) and Henry Thackray
There’s nothing like a summer blockbuster to get cinema back to the top of the agenda. One of the main talking points of the year so far, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has split opinion but no doubt it’s achieved conversation.
In this ep...
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The website and magazine dedicated to history and historical fiction. Promoting new and established writers. We pair a free midweek editorial newsletter with subscriber-only magazine features and author interviews.
Editor and podcast host at Aspects of History, Classics Teacher at the 'Eton of Africa', long-distance host of Frome Town FC's podcast. Documenting my tour of duty in Malawi and my African adventures, both actual and literary!
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster, co-host of podcast WW2: We Have Ways of Making You Talka & YouTube channel WW2: Walking the Ground.
I’m a historian currently writing my first book, an account of a key event during the Troubles in March 1988, published by Atlantic in Spring 2028. I write about Northern Ireland, security and history that interests me e.g. Patrick Leigh Fermor.
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