Historian

Famous as a military event of great strategic ambition, D-Day is also a landmark in the story of Europe's radical pastToday, 6th June, marks the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Born on this day, Algernon Sidney was one of England's greatest revolutionaries “This hand, enemy to tyrants, by the sword seeks peace with liberty.” The second half of the seventeenth century was the great revolutionary period of British history.

77 years ago this week, Nazi leaders were put on trial by Allied powers at Nuremberg...“Powers will pursue them to the uttermost ends of the earth and will deliver them to the accusers in order that justice may be done." Moscow Declaration on Atrocities In May 1945, the in Europe ended.

The strike that led to a sea change in the British labour movement... “The people’s flag is deepest red, It shrouded oft our martyred dead And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold, Their hearts’ blood dyed its every fold.

2022 is looking like another busy year in the radical calendar! So, another year comes to an end - and what a year it's been... Donald Trump finally left the White House in January - though he did take some persuading.

RTT cofounder Bea explores her love of historical fiction I’ve always loved a good historical novel. For me, they’re the perfect combination of fact and fiction: the events of history woven into a compelling narrative.