History Magazine
D-Day Dodgers – Defying Danger in Italy
The campaigns in Italy in 1943 and 1944 were tough and bloody ones, with some of the most brutal engagements of the Second World War. Yet somehow the sacrifice of the troops involved in the Italian campaign came to be overshadowed by the events of the better-known D-Day operation: the Normandy landings.
Kindertransport
Kindertransport (Children’s Transport) was the name given to a series of evacuations between 1938 and 1940 to bring refugee children, mostly Jewish, from Germany and German occupied territories to the safety of Britain.
Sophia Duleep Singh, Suffragette
The daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire and goddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was also a dedicated campaigner for women’s rights.
The Common Yew
Worshipped by the Druids for its longevity, the Common Yew is typically found in churchyards, its soft wood used over centuries for the longbows that defined medieval warfare. Its Latin name however warns us of its toxicity: ‘Taxus baccata’ translates as ‘toxic tree with berries’…
The Dinner Party – 1970s Style
In the 1950s and early 60s, entertaining at home had meant a cocktail party with nibbles rather than a sit down meal. A decade later, with a mortgage to pay and money a little tighter than before, for many couples the dinner party was an ideal way to socialise…