WW1

Goodbye to all that

The first day of my new life as an idle good-for-nothing superannuated coffin-dodger (my brother's description of retirees) coincides with…

8 years ago

The Barrage Lifts

After forty five years it's time to re-wire! And the start of my re-wirement coincides with the centenary of the…

8 years ago

Happy New Year

A small selection of New Year's greetings from a a century ago.  

9 years ago

1915 and The Midnight of the Nations

On Christmas Day 1915 David Lloyd George the former radical liberal,then Minister of Munitions and soon to be Prime Minister…

9 years ago

Unreal City: November 11th 1919

London on November 11th 1919 - a two minute silence at 11 o'clock to observe the first anniversary of the…

9 years ago

Modern Learning and the Shock of the New

Here's something terrific for free: It's an E-book of great articles from the always useful Educating Modern Learners, an online…

10 years ago

The Christmas Truce: “A Day of Perfect Peace”

This well outfitted German trench has a lighted Christmas tree and soldiers celebrating with music and sausages! It's true -…

10 years ago

The Chronicles of Grit

I’ve been researching grit - the way one does on a snowy day. In the process I discovered an Australian…

11 years ago

Operation War Diary: Backward men and awkward horses

For anyone with even a passing interest in the First World War here is an unparalleled opportunity: Operation War Diary.…

11 years ago

Operation Grit

I take comfort in knowing that I am not the only gritless wonder on the internet. Peter Gow has now…

11 years ago