Martin Evans
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A well-written narrative that explores how fallout from Anglo-French rivalry in the Middle East continues to shape the region today. Published March 22 2012
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Martin Evans looks at a new book that covers the heyday of the French Foreign Legion. Published October 18 2011
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Football became a potent expression of Algeria’s struggle for independence, never more so than during the dramatic events that preceded the 1958 World Cup, as Martin Evans explains. Published June 29 2010
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Martin Evans reviews a study of Arab history. Published June 11 2010
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The decision by Sussex University to drop research-led teaching and implement a post-1900 curriculum will produce scholars lacking in historical perspective, says Martin Evans.
Published June 9 2010
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The French president’s decision
to introduce a competitive
Anglo-Saxon model for research
funding has led to mass revolt.
But few disagree that Gallic
higher education is in need of
reform, writes Martin Evans.
Published October 14 2009
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Twenty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall Martin Evans introduces a short series looking at changing attitudes to history in the former Communist states. Published August 10 2009
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As Algeria prepares
this month to host the second Pan-African Cultural Festival, with 48
countries participating, Martin Evans describes the original festival
held 40 years ago in Algiers and the spirit of creativity and
anti-colonialism that defined it.
Published June 10 2009
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Martin Evans talks to Helen Dunmore, whose historical novels range from the worst horrors of twentieth-century warfare to the luxurious world of late Republican Rome. Published March 12 2008
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Martin Evans recalls the ‘third way’ of Cold War international politics, now all but forgotten. Published November 14 2007
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Martin Evans talks to the historian of science Rebecca Stott about her new novel in which she explores unexplained events in the life of Isaac Newton, and considers the interactions between past and present.
Published June 19 2007
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Published February 20 2007
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Martin Evans talks to historian, biographer and novelist Peter Ackroyd. Published December 13 2006
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Martin Evans looks at the events of 1956 and the French war on terror, both at home and elsewhere, and how this was a turning point for French fortunes in the Algerian War of Independence. Published November 14 2006
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Martin Evans reads a publication on a social history of 20th-century Gallic society.
Published May 12 2006
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