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Soldiers in silhouette: visual shorthand for the First World War

Posted by Katherine on October 25, 2015 in 20th Century, Books, Digital, Television

Does this image look familiar to you? If you’re in the UK you have probably seen it, or images like it, hundreds of times before, particularly last year. And it’s likely that this simple silhouette instantly leads your mind to…

Poppies of remembrance at the Tower of London

Posted by Katherine on September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 in 16th Century, 20th Century, Exhibitions, Medieval

The reason I love the Tower of London so much is that there’s always something new to see and learn. Last time I went I made the most of the free audio guide, but this time I opted to just…

Book Review: Spare Brides by Adele Parks

Posted by Katherine on February 12, 2014 in 20th Century, Books

Adele Parks is a very successful novelist, whose books have so far been set in the modern day and have followed the lives of different women. She has made her first step into historical fiction with this new novel, Spare…

The Wipers Times

Posted by Katherine on November 9, 2008May 30, 2014 in 20th Century, Books

As today is Remembrance Sunday, only two days before the 90th anniversary of the end First World War, I thought I’d write a bit about The Wipers Times trench magazine. I happen to have a copy of the edition published in 1918.

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