Refugee — Heritage and History

Trench Art – Second Edition

November 9, 2011 by Pen and Sword Books

Engraved shell-cases, bullet-crucifixes, letter openers and cigarette lighters made of shrapnel and cartridges, miniature aeroplanes and tanks, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: 1914, 1918, Aeroplanes, Battlefield, Boredom, Categorization, Cigarette Lighters, Embroidery, Great War, Letter Openers, Misleading Name, Nicholas Saunders, Pilgrims, Prisoner Of War, Prisoners, Refugee, Shell Cases, Shrapnel, Souvenirs, Trench Art

Escape, Evasion and Revenge

October 10, 2011 by Pen and Sword Books

Peter Stevens was a German-Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi persecution as a teenager in 1933. He joined the RAF in 1939 and after eighteen months … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: 1941, Beginning Of The Cold War, Breakouts, British Spy, Emigrating To Canada, Escapes, Evasion, Exploits, Great Escape, Heroism, Liberation, Midst, Military Cross, Missions, Nazi Persecution, Nazis, Peter Stevens, Pilot Training, Raf, Refugee, Revenge, Teenager, True Identity, True Nature, Young Man

Looking for Gardeners of Ruhleben

A story just published by Gardening For Health says the Royal Horticultural … [Read More...]

Perhaps the UK’s oldest recycled Christmas tree

Originally planted by the festively monikered Head Gardener of Wrest Park, … [Read More...]

Who Built Stonehenge? Exhibition

A special exhibition explores 800 years of debate about the creation of … [Read More...]

Hear the New Bells of Notre Dame

Just over 6 hours ago the new bells of Notre Dame Cathedral rang out exactly as … [Read More...]

Women in the Workhouse exhibition

A fascinating ‘Women in The Workhouse’ exhibition opens on International Women’s … [Read More...]