Red Sands: The Abandoned Estuary Sea Forts From WWII
A trip to the extreme limits of the Thames, and the spooky metal forts that once protected London from the Luftwaffe.
War
New Map Shows Every London Bomb Of The Blitz
Sobering stuff.
British Council Releases Old Footage Of London
Keep calm and carry on: the movie.
Preview: The Imperial War Museum’s Film Festival Screenings
An IWM-inspired short film festival starts screenings today
Preview: Arctic Convoys, 1941-1945 @ National Maritime Museum
A new exhibition looks at the grim task faced by the crews of the Arctic convoys in the Second World War.
Armistice Day: Silence In The Square
If it’s tricky to get your workmates to put the phones down and hush up for marking the Armistice Day two minute silence this morning, slip out of the office and head to Trafalgar Square. The Royal British Legion have organised a gathering for ‘Silence …
Book Review: London 1917-18 The Bomber Blitz By Ian Castle
Night-time raids from German bombers, hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in Tube stations, the streets of London blacked out while search lights comb the skies…the familiar horrors of the Blitz. A new book by Ian Castle reveals how it all happened long before the …
Today: Historic Flyover To Mark Blitz
The 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz will be marked today with a memorial service and a flyover of period aircraft. The service at St Paul’s will be attended by those who lived and worked through the onslaught, including nurses, pilots and fire-fighters. …
Friday Quiz: London At War
It’s the 70th anniversary of Churchill’s famous ‘Few’ speech, marking victory in the Battle of Britain. The great oration will be recreated outside the Churchill War Rooms at 3.52pm today, followed by a fly-past of period aircraft. For today’s quiz, we’re taking the wider theme …
Theatre Review: PVT Wars @ The Rosemary Branch
PVT Wars looks at three disparate young Vietnam veterans, recovering from service. Natwick is a privileged, educated New Yorker, Silvio a pumped up Italian American and Gately a mid-western, innocent farmboy. All have shattered nerves. Gately’s obsessed with fixing a radio, Natwick’s neurotic and Silvio’s …
Zeppelin Airship Attacks On London: Mapped
A plaque on Farringdon Road marks the site of one Zeppelin attack. A quarter of a century before the Blitz, London was terrorised by another aerial menace: gigantic airships, or Zeppelins, larger than an upended Gherkin building. From 1915-1917, German airships unleashed hundreds of explosives …
