It seemed to them that they were to go on living like that, and writing like that, for ever and…
My uncle - Geoffrey Nicolls - served with the 16th West Yorkshire Regiment in WW1 and in the same week…
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. Before the advent of motorways in the UK (first section of…
This post was updated on March 9th 2019 with the addition of a postscript: A film about Hamilton's life and…
When Norah Neilson Gray (1882 -1931) taught at St. Columba's School for Girls in Kilmacolm her students called her "Purple…
There isn't much to learn about Nellie Elizabeth Isaac online and some of it's inaccurate. But as always with the string…
Some paintings are made to pair with a poem. Read Edward Thomas's As the Team's Head Brass and then take another look…
In 1918 Australia appointed sixteen official war artists. All were men. Iso Rae - who had lived in France throughout…
All agreed that 1917 had been a sad offender. All observed that 1918 did not look promising at its birth.…
Time for some seasonal greetings from the front. The traditional Christmas message of charity, reconciliation, and peace on earth now ensured…
"You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," said the niece, indicating a large…
I don't think I peeled a clove of garlic until I was at least 21. It wasn't because I didn't…
He went to school in Marlborough and loved to take long and sometimes solitary walks across the Wilshire downs. So…
Some authors are blessed with illustrators who enhance their work with the distinction of their own. So it was in…
Before the Charge The night is still and the air is keen, Tense with menace the time crawls by, In…