Crossing the channel

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, John Eskdale and other survivors share their harrowing memories of war and stories of hope

I WAS minding my own business, checking my reflection in a shop window just along from Piccadilly. Then some American G.I. grabbed my arm, pulled me towards him and gave me an overly enthusiastic kiss

15 AUGUST

THE PICK OF NEW RADIO

I DON’T get it, Grandma Grace. We celebrated the end of World War II in May. How come we’re doing it all over again?” My great-grandaughter, Amy, is thirteen, only a few years older than I was in 1945