A celebration of Sir Martin’s life and his work, his passion, his philosophy, his favourite haunts, his humour and his humanity. Sir Martin is a scholar and an historian who, through his 88 books, has shown there is such a thing as “true history”.
“It is for the historian either to Say what happened or to say that he cannot discover it. To say, “Perhaps it was like this” is to mask a failure to get to the bottom of a problem: and failure in historical research is no crime. It is one of the hazards of the profession.”
Mr Homer’s football field – lessons for today
Photo: Phil Homer being interviewed by Michael David, 29 October 2016, on the high school football field named after him. 700 words / 3 1/2 minute read We were on the cusp of the 1970s, a decade that would see me through high school, university and into a career inRead more >>
History records …
Photo: Sir Martin speaking on the Second World War, A Complete History, at Chartwell Booksellers, New York In 1968 when Sir Martin became the “official” Churchill biographer he gave up, for the most part, teaching. Yet through his writing his first love of teach...
Read more >>14 May 1948 – Israel declares independence (the same date on the Hebrew calendar in 2024)
Photo: The emblem of the State of Israel, the temple menorah or candelabra with olive branches on either side, and “Israel” in Hebrew underneath. 770 words / 4 minute read During the first day of independence a notice was posted up throughout Tel Aviv by the Hagan...
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