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Beryl Nevell thought her service during the Second World War had been a case of ‘doing her duty’. Then someone special stepped in and showed her what she was truly owed…

Today, the ocean liner is often considered a glamorous yet thoroughly outdated form of transport. While ships such as the RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania remain household names, their lesser-known c

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

The British merchant service was renamed the Merchant Navy after World War 1 to mark the vital role its sailors played in wartime. That role continued in World War 2 as merchant ships carried troops a

The art of juggling tea and a muffin while not tripping over or getting whacked on the head

SITTING IN RETIRED Wing Commander Gordon Lear’s conservatory, chatting over coffee about his IWC MkXI navigators’ watch (as he recounts a completely unprintable story about the MP Peter Bottomley’s vi