On the beaches

In 1942, the German war machine was at the height of its power. France, the ‘hereditary enemy’, was defeated and occupied. In the Soviet Union, Army Group South was marching inexorably toward the Cauc

Kathryn Ferry delves into 20th-century holiday habits with the help of her postcard collection

Many years ago when I first got into sailing journalism, I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to interview Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. As someone who had read In a World of My Own as a child, th

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 ...

The seaside lido offered safe swimming for holidaymakers irrespective of the vagaries of the tide. Kathryn Ferry looks at the architecture of these remarkable creations