The first day of my new life as an idle good-for-nothing superannuated coffin-dodger (my brother's description of retirees) coincides with…
After forty five years it's time to re-wire! And the start of my re-wirement coincides with the centenary of the…
On Christmas Day 1915 David Lloyd George the former radical liberal,then Minister of Munitions and soon to be Prime Minister…
London on November 11th 1919 - a two minute silence at 11 o'clock to observe the first anniversary of the…
Here's something terrific for free: It's an E-book of great articles from the always useful Educating Modern Learners, an online…
This well outfitted German trench has a lighted Christmas tree and soldiers celebrating with music and sausages! It's true -…
I’ve been researching grit - the way one does on a snowy day. In the process I discovered an Australian…
For anyone with even a passing interest in the First World War here is an unparalleled opportunity: Operation War Diary.…
I take comfort in knowing that I am not the only gritless wonder on the internet. Peter Gow has now…