Hunger is breezy in its approach, but the subject Blom discusses is a serious one. Indeed, the spectre of food – or
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During a training session in the English Channel in May 1878, SMS Grosser Kurfürst was accidentally rammed by another German warship, SMS
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Handsome and charming, Wilding embraced a life full of adventure that also involved racing motorcycles across both hemispheres.
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‘Zeppelin’ appeared in English that same year in Whitaker’s Almanack: ‘The Zeppelin Air-ship… is a cylindrical frame of aluminium in partitions, each
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Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Donald Bell, relying on adrenaline and instinct, led two men from his company through the mud of no-man’s land,
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Written by Private Arthur Edward Diggens, the diary was found in a Midlands barn and contains astonishing insights into the author’s experiences.
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‘Hun’ became an unflattering synonym for Germans during World War I, used by Britons to emphasise their enemy’s brutality.
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On 28 June 1914, the 12th annual Tour de France began in Paris with the blast of a starter’s pistol. The same
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A new study has revealed that World War I helmets provided as much protection from shockwaves as their modern counterparts.
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One of the oddest inventions was the Supermarine Nighthawk, a massive twin-engine quadruplane night fighter designed to fly patrols of anything up
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