The following year Churchill sailed with his regiment for India and in 1898 fought ... who at 19 had recently entered the London social scene, at a ball in 1904. But, socially awkward and then ...

The engine of a World War Two plane has been restored as part of a campaign to recognise the contribution of reconnaissance ...

A secret network of tunnels beneath the heart of London could be turned into a top James Bond attraction. The near one mile warren of passageways were used at one stage during the Second World War ...

Somerset House celebrates its 25th year as a cultural hub by asking us to cast our gaze down at the humble soil we walk on, yet rarely consider. Issues such as climate change, waste, land, justice ...

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Ronald Reagan (Captain) — Reagan breaks our string of Navy officers, as he joined the Army Reserve in April 1937. He was ...

In may 2022, two undetonated bombs from WW2 were discovered in Poppy Giles’s* southeast London back garden. “I had been living over explosives for ten years,” Giles reveals, “It was a ...

After World War II, the tunnels were sealed off from the public and have remained that ways for years. Now, there are plans ...

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Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

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