80 years ago today, Germany invaded Poland thus starting the Second World War. Poland had been an ‘issue’ for Germany since 1919. As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Poland was rebuilt and given [...]
“Shell Shock” is a play that tells one soldier’s story of coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. After serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Tommy Atkins’ observations on life on [...]
Today is International Women’s Day which provides me a fitting opportunity to talk about a remarkable lady who was one of the leading pioneers of women in aviation. Pauline Gower gained her [...]
With the deadline for spending the old round pound coins looming large (officially the coins will no longer be legal tender from Monday 16th October) the Bank of England estimates there are still [...]
Oxford University is launching a crowdfunding campaign for Lest We Forget (LWF), a project that will support local community endeavours to digitise memorabilia and personal accounts of World War [...]
How did WW1 air pilots became ‘Aces’? How many shells were fired by the British during the Battle of the Somme? Why were trenches built in a zig-zag and who was the youngest winner of [...]
Last week I was lucky enough to be invited up to Liverpool to witness a demonstration of a remarkable new innovation that could potentially revolutionise the way we teach the First World War in [...]
Earlier this week I watch an episode of Hunting Hitler on The History Channel. The programme suggests that in early 2014, the FBI declassified hundreds of pages of top secret documents proving [...]
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and the UK government have announced that descendants of those who fought at the Third Battle of Ypres will be invited to CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery in [...]
At the time of writing it seems that FIFA is refusing to allow the England and Scotland teams to wear printed images of poppies on their shirts when they play each other in a World Cup qualifier [...]
