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An insight into the world of an RAF flying instructor
The RAF of the 1970s was much bigger than it is today and recruited its pilots from many walks of life. Through the University Air Squadron scheme it aimed at the brightest and the best to fill places...
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The demise of Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre
Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre is undeniably a historical icon; the home of dramatic and perennial UK exhibitions since before the present structure was built, starting in 1886/7 when audiences were...
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The Friday Digest 24/01/14
This week's update features buttock cupping, heresy and an all-digital library ... * Lions and donkeys: 10 big myths about the First World War debunked. * Just how did so many soldiers survive the...
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Ten Things You Should Know about Robert Burns and Burns Night
The 25th January, the anniversary of Burns’ birth, is the night when thousands of Burns Suppers take place across Scotland and across the world – a tradition that dates back to 1802, just a few years...
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There's something about Jane...
Jane Austen died aged only 41, didn’t marry, never had children and lived out her days in the south of England, rarely straying from the genteel and orthodox social circle into which she was born. She...
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The Friday Digest 31/01/14
This week's update features Holocaust Memorial Day, the 'secret' Tube and recycled movie costumes. * During the First World War, up to 12 million letters a week were delivered to soldiers, many on...
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Operation Unthinkable - Churchill's Plans to Invade the Soviet Union
If you thought the Cold War between East and West reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, then think again. 1945 was the year when Europe was the crucible for a Third World War. So concerned was the...
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Queen Elizabeth II and the rules of succession
The power and functions of the monarch have never ceased to evolve, and rules of succession have been flexed to suit the needs of the time or the demands of the ruler. The area, people and customs of...
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Why does Wales have princes and not kings?
It is well known that the title prince of Wales is the birth-right of the king of England’s eldest son. It is also reasonably well known that English monarchs have seen this office as being within...
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The Friday Digest 07/02/14
This week's update features 'penis captivus', tattoos and the 10 worst couples in literature. * Was the tunnellers’ secret war the most barbaric of the First World War? * Over the course of...
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Who will win the World Cup this year?
Here’s a question that you won’t find in Never Mind The Penalties – The Ultimate World Cup Quiz Book: How many squads at the 2010 World Cup didn’t feature English-based players? The total at this...
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Henry 'Birdie' Bowers in Burma
Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers is probably best known as one of the four men who died with Captain Scott in 1912 on their return from the South Pole. Crossing the world from London via South Africa, Australia...
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Richard I: a mighty king or a menacing tyrant?
Ask people in the street to name one English king, and most would answer, ‘Richard the Lionheart’. Known to film buffs as ‘King Richard of the Last Reel’, he appears at the end of every Robin Hood...
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The Friday Digest 14/02/14
This week's update features female porters, the truth about 'Lionheart' Richard I and Ernest Hemingway's favourite burger recipe. * 'Porters in skirts!': the 117,000 women who kept Britain’s...
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Religious language and imagery in the memorialisation of the First World War
The use of religious language and imagery in the memorialisation of the First World War helped to transform the fact of mass death and slaughter into the memory of brave and meaningful sacrifice....
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1814: 'greedy' Jane Austen's very good year
With all the celebrations surrounding the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride & Prejudice last year, you could be forgiven for thinking that 1813 was the most important year in Jane...
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The 52nd (Lowland) Division- the forgotten Scottish troops of the First World...
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The roots of genealogy
Curiosity about one’s forebears is nothing new; in fact, the study of genealogy dates back centuries. In Britain, early genealogy was intricately bound up with the class system. Genealogists (who were...
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Looking back through the history of the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is 33 miles long and 12 miles wide. It is situated in the Irish Sea, 16 miles south of Burrow Head in Wigtownshire, 28 miles south-west of St Bees Head in Cumberland, 27 miles east of...
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Michael Bailey at St. Thomas’ Church Hall on 20/02/14
Michael Bailey will be at St. Thomas’ Church Hall on Thurday 20th Febrary from 8pm giving a talk entitled ‘Robert Stephenson: Wider Horizons’ for his new book, Loco Motion: The World's Oldest Steam...
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