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‘Forget Me Not’ – The enduring appeal of WWI silk postcards

  A handful of evocative, one hundred year old embroidered postcards in my possession have always exerted a potent fascination. The pity is that I found them in a box of my grandmother’s possessions after her death and so I … Continue reading →

‘Between tigers. Not!’ Music Hall-A New Interpretation

Happy New Year! Between Christmas and New Year, half-way down an unprepossessing alleyway off Cable Street in London’s East End, I discovered not only a throwback to the old Victorian tradition of the music hall – albeit with a modern … Continue reading →

WW1 Canary Girls: When going to work was an act of bravery

During the First World War a group of British women, who became known as Canary Girls or Canaries, risked their lives every day by turning up for work. Yet they were nowhere near the front line. So when I wanted … Continue reading →