This week's update features the history of decimation, tank design and a look inside Broadmoor Hospital.
* Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers (the group whose story inspired The Sound of Music) has died at the age of 99.
.jpg "The first design - christened Little Willie - failed to cope with test trenches but a new concept was waiting (c) Richard Pullen")
* From their first appearances, tanks terrified the men unlucky enough to come face to face with them, but did you know that the tank was designed by two men, in little more than two months, in Lincoln?
* Remembering the lessons of how we 'stumbled into war' in 1914.
* This year Britain is commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War, but what is the likelihood of a third world war?
* Since there are no footnotes on television, Jessica Meyer asks how do professional historians (both academic and otherwise) working on the history of the First World War ensure that their work is properly acknowledged?
* Educationalists and historians have been meeting across borders to attempt the seemingly impossible - a common history textbook for South East Asia. But is a 'textboook history' the answer?
* The first glimpse of how Richard III could be reburied has been revealed, with the service to be conducted as an authentic medieval reburial service.
* Murder by numbers – Military History Now takes a brief look at the history of decimation.
* After James Patterson announced that cheques had been sent out to fifty-five bookstores across the United States, Publishing Perspectives asks, should more top authors give back to indie bookstores?
* Jeffrey the housefly: Philip Pullman's latest literary endeavour (on Twitter).
* World Book Day is on Thursday 6th March but if you are already wondering what you should wear, then take a look at some costume ideas here.
* With Harry Potter as an obvious choice, which books will help children feel good about wearing glasses?
* History Today have gathered together the most useful articles, hints and tips for history students which are well worth a read ...
* More useful resources, but this time focusing on social media and marketing for authors ...
* London then and now in pictures ...
* 'You had me at hello': 10 first lines to hook you ...
* It is 150 years since Broadmoor Hospital opened its doors to patients of both sexes who were deemed mentally unfit. Now a new hospital is being built next door, with plans to redevelop some of the original Victorian buildings.
* One hundred years ago this week, Australia's foremost polar explorer, Douglas Mawson, returned home after two years of triumph and terror in East Antarctica.
Which history and publishing stories have you enjoyed reading this week?