Joe Knight looks at the life of Maria Dickin, founder of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917 and creator…
Keith Robinson finds much to see at a splendid museum of military aviation on windswept Salisbury Plain. Located in Hampshire, south-west of…
Designed by the Germans, copied by the British and thrown out of aeroplanes over occupied Europe, the Royal Enfield Flying Flea was…
The English language changed drastically during the swinging Sixties. ‘Cool’ suddenly meant fashionable or aloof, to ‘dig’ something was to enjoy it,…
Ron Field uncovers the role of Scots Americans in the war to free the slaves. In the wake of the failed Union…
Larry Collins looks at the function of theatre entertainment during the First World War and its role as unofficial recruiter, propagandist, and…
There are a select number of battlefield tours that every military history enthusiast should experience. Here we list five of the finest, most reasonably priced,…
Keith Robinson has just returned from a visit to another splendid military museum on the South Coast. The entrance to the car…
In the snowy expanse of the Norwegian countryside, a British officer and his gunner find themselves sharing a remote hunting cabin with…
Just over 75 years ago, the world’s loudest ever aircraft took to the skies for its first test-flight. When the US Navy…