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The Friday Digest 13/03/15
This week's update features the dogs of the First World War, the ruins of Italy's Ionian coast and nine surprising facts about Anne Frank. * Why is Australia so ashamed of its 'founder'? * Mistresses...
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All Encompassing Intelligence - An Eye of Mordor On the Western Front
Modern day attention to information technology access by adversaries can look to the Great War for establishing the standard by which all activity was closely scrutinised through an array of...
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The Friday Digest 20/03/15
This week's update features the Apian Emperor, England's abandoned mansions and the dreams of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. * The Jersey connection to Napoleon. * How Arthur Wellesley became...
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The betrayal of Richard III
Scrape away the accumulated filth of tainted evidence which has disfigured the memory of Richard III for the past five hundred years, and there is really very little that remains mysterious about the...
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The Friday Digest 27/03/15
This week's update features the reinternment of Richard III, the secret Second World War pact with the devil and eleven female inventors who helped power the 'Information Age'. * 'The dust of...
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Waterloo: one of history's greatest battles
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, has an enduring fascination – and so it should. After more than two decades of nearly uninterrupted conflict in Europe and across the world, in a single...
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Edgar Wallace at the movies
Edgar Wallace. Prolific best-selling author. Soldier poet. Dramatist, responsible for West End hits. Racing tipster. Journalist who wrote thousands of articles and who scooped the signing of the peace...
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The Indian Army on the Western Front
It was said at the time, and has been said many times since, that the British Expeditionary Force, the BEF, that went across to France and Belgium on the outbreak of war in August 1914 was the best...
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British Napoleonic Uniforms
The first phase of the Napoleonic Wars began in February 1793 and continued until the Peace of Amiens in March 1802. The second phase started in May 1803, and continued until after June 1815 when...
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The Lost Band of Brothers
It is a story that had almost faded into the shadows of history: a wartime tale of courage, friendship and desperate improvisation that began as Britain found herself on the back foot awaiting German...
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British Napoleonic Field Artillery
The first phase of the Napoleonic War began when France declared war on Britain, Spain and Holland in February 1793 and continued until the peace of Amiens in March 1802. The peace was not destined to...
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A Nursing Sister on the Western Front
Nurses cared for the casualties of the First World War in Europe (on the Western and Eastern Fronts and in the Eastern Mediterranean), in the Middle East (Egypt and Palestine) and in Mesopotamia,...
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Fading ads of Gloucester
Just what are ghost signs and fading ads? They are the often faded remains of advertising and signage from bygone eras. They are, for the most part, hand-painted directly on to brickwork, although...
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The Friday Digest 24/04/15
This week's update features the Gallipoli centenary, Armenian rugs and the best images from the Hubble telescope. * The Armenian rugs that tell two incredible stories. * Second Battle of Ypres:...
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A childhood torn apart: devastation, displacement and despair after the...
Reflecting on my childhood I felt the need to pass on to my children the events that shaped my future life and led me to leave my country and make my home in Great Britain. This move was driven by...
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The Friday Digest 01/05/15
This week's update features the forgotten Dambusters hero, a secret Swiss fortress and an Egyptian hangover cure. * Interactive images of Anzac Cove and Gallipoli: then and now. * Gallipoli:...
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Thirteen things you never knew about the history of British democracy
With the upcoming election on Thursday 7 May, all eyes are on Westminster but whilst turnout is expected to increase from 2010, it was not so long ago that a large percentage of the population was...
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The unique joys of Speakers' Corner
In June 2014 Sajid Javid, the then newly appointed Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, paid a visit to Hyde Park for a press conference marking the completion of revamped landscaping at...
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Why is King Arthur a giant of history?
King Arthur is today an iconic figure of the Western World, a giant of literature, art, theatre, film and history. Debate continues, though, as to whether or not the Arthur familiar to us today...
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The sinking of the RMS Lusitania: an eyewitness account
‘MURDER BY SAVAGES DRUNK WITH BLOOD’ -A British newspaper headline ‘WITH JOYFUL PRIDE WE CONTEMPLATE THIS LATEST DEED OF OUR NAVY’- A German Newspaper after the sinking. Saturday, 1 May 1915....
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