“i felt very alone in a world gone horribly mad”

Most readers will recall starting school, aged about five. It was often daunting, and something of a step into the unknown. I clearly remember that day in September 1954; the little bottle of milk wit

In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn

● HISTORY IS FULL OF “WHAT-IFS?”, perhaps nowhere ...

This fantastic plan, which led the then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS), Air Vice-Marshal Arthur T Harris, to remark ‘the story, that appears too fantastic for words, might have a fortunate outco

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When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war