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Britain At War Team Produce WWI Commemorative Edition

February 2, 2014June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'first world war', 'great war', 'world war one', wwi

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, the team at Britain at War Magazine

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National Trust to Exhibit Stanley Spencer’s ‘Heaven in a Hell of War’ at Somerset House

October 12, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'national trust', 'somerset house', 'Stanley Spencer', Sandham

Stanley Spencer’s poignant memories of war, which have drawn such praise as ‘Britain’s answer to the Sistine Chapel’, are leaving

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The Green Court at Knole. Photo National Trust/John Miller
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The National Trust Secures £7.75 Million Grant From The Heritage Lottery Fund To Preserve Historic Knole And Its Treasures

July 30, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'heritage lottery fund', 'Knole settee', 'national trust', 'spangle bed', hlf, knole, Sackville

The original 17th century Knole settee, a solid silver table and fragile furniture from two Royal palaces are among unique

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Winged Crusaders: The Exploits of 14 Squadron RFC & RAF 1915-45 – Michael Napier

July 29, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments '14 squadron', 'Beechcraft Shadow', 'squadron history', RAF

One of the oldest and most distinguished squadrons in the RAF, No.14 Squadron currently flies the Beechcraft Shadow R1 in

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Trabi Safari

June 19, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'checkpoint charlie', 'trabi safari', 'trabiworld', 'wall ride', 'wild east', berlin, ddr, dresden, gdr, trabant, trabi, zwickau

The Trabant was, according to Dan Neil in Time, one of the 50 worst cars of all time. And whilst

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George Bernard Shaw at Shaw's Corner. © LSE
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Shaw at Home – The International Shaw Society Conference

June 19, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'ayot st lawrence', 'bernard shaw', 'corno di bassetto', 'gbs', 'george bernard shaw', 'international shaw society', 'national trust', 'new statesman', 'shaw society', fabian, geneva, iss, lse, Pygmalion, shavian

It is not hard to see why George Bernard Shaw chose what is now referred to as “Shaw’s Corner” as

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The National Trust Launches £1.4 million Appeal to Bring Britain’s Cotton Industry Heritage to Life

February 11, 2013June 17, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'british history', 'cotton industry', 'national trust', 'quarry bank mill', appeal, conservation, fundraising, greg

Britain’s cotton industry heritage is the focus of a new £1.4 million fundraising appeal to complete the restoration of an

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The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz – The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler’s Volkswagen – Paul Schilperoord

November 24, 2012June 17, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'history book review', 'josef ganz', beetle, ganz, volkswagen

The Volkswagen Beetle – icon of 20th Century automotive design, star of Disney movies and one of the best selling

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Mystery Pigeon’s War Secret

November 6, 2012June 17, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'bletchley park', codebreaker

The remains of a World War Two carrier pigeon which was lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a

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The Royal British Legion uses the noise of social media to help mark the Two Minute Silence on Remembrance Sunday

November 4, 2012 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'lest we forget', 'remembrance sunday', 'royal british legion', 'we shall remember them'

In a unique digital initiative, The Royal British Legion will become the first UK organisation to use the Thunderclap social

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