Taylor Downing
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Taylor Downing appreciates the continuing relevance of an article questioning the accuracy of popular views of the wartime RAF. Published April 19 2012
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A paean of praise for the 'backroom boys' of the Second World War. Published January 26 2012
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What were the best history books, exhibitions, films and television programmes of 2011? Taylor Downing shares his history highlights of the past year. Published December 12 2011
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Taylor Downing tells the story of the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, where the RAF’s aerial photo interpreters played a critical role in Britain’s wartime struggle. Published October 17 2011
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Taylor Downing offers a tribute to the military historian who was a television natural. Published June 23 2011
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Taylor Downing reviews Harbutt's account of the Yalta Conference of February 1945. Published April 20 2011
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Taylor Downing reviews the winner of the 2010 Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award. Published February 23 2011
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Taylor Downing, one of the review judges of the recent History Today Grierson Trust award for best historical documentary, discusses this year’s entries and the current state of history on the small screen. Published December 23 2010
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Taylor Downing reviews a selection of books about the revolutions in Europe in 1989. Published June 11 2010
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Taylor Downing reviews a runner-up in the 2009 Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award. Published June 11 2010
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70 years ago, in May 1940, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister. But the great war leader’s rise to power was far from inevitable. Taylor Downing explains what a difference a day made. Published June 9 2010
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From A.J.P. Taylor’s mesmerising lectures in front of a black backdrop to technicolour Civilisation and the ground-breaking World At War, Taylor Downing looks at the early days of history on television. Published July 15 2009
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Published February 16 2009
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The Cold War has become this year’s hot media topic. Taylor Downing welcomes the chance to look more critically at the era of ‘mutually assured destruction’. Published July 14 2008
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by Susan Tegel
Published February 15 2008
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