Staffelkapitän: leadership in battle

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

The failed high-altitude fighter that proved crucial to the liberation of Europe as a deadly ground-attack aircraft

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers

Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City ...

The only British territories to endure Nazi occupation, the Channel Islands became a symbol of stoic resilience, says Adam Hay-Nicholls , as he celebrates the 80th anniversary of Guernsey’s liberation

When Thomas Joshua Cooper and Paul Hill set out in 1974 to meet and interview the ‘movers and shakers’ of 20th century photography (see Dialogue with Legends, AP 1 April) they had no idea that the project would take four years and become a unique archive that is still in print. Paul Hill describes the interview with British photojournalist George Rodger, followed by selected extracts from the recorded encounter