Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

7 years ago

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge...…

Partition

7 years ago

"I was so rushed I had not time to go into the details,"  - Cyril Ratcliffe. The political leaders of…

Under the Radar: The Hedge Hoppers and the Hardest Day

7 years ago

After early mist the morning of Sunday August 18 1940 was bright with clear skies. It came to be known…

The Land Girl

7 years ago

The land army fights in the fields. It is in the fields of Britain that the most critical battle of…

Choosing books by the cover

7 years ago

I once worked in a school where the librarian arranged the non-fiction by the color of the spine. It made…

August 1914

7 years ago

August 1914 What in our lives is burnt In the fire of this? The heart’s dear granary? The much we…

MCMXIV

7 years ago

MCMXIV Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The…

The Good Life

7 years ago

Did you have times like these in your life? Times that you look back on with a sense of loss…

The Golf Links

7 years ago

The Manumit School was an experimental Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, NY. and later Bristol, Pennsylvania. Manumit means freedom and…

Ballad of the Three Spectres

7 years ago

In Ivor Gurney's nightmarish vision, the dead among the living bear dire warnings and mockery. Ballad of the Three Spectres…