Tweeting Through The Blackout
Blackouts and birthdays. Rationing and dancing. Air raids and long nights. In 140 characters or less.
WW2
Theatre Review: Three Days In May @ Trafalgar Studios
Was giving up ever an option…?
Statue Of Sir Keith Park To Be Unveiled
Sir Keith Park Eyes to the sky (again) at around 3pm today, when a flypast by WW2 aircraft will mark the official launch of a statue of Sir Keith Park, the WW2 hero who commanded RAF squadrons during the Blitz. Sir Park’s statuary status has …
Colour Footage Of The Blitz Discovered
Rare colour film of London at the height of the Blitz has been uncovered. The amateur footage, shot by the Mayor of Marylebone, A.E. Reneson Coucher OBE, shows the remnants of landmarks such as the John Lewis on Oxford Street and the Baker Street Bazaar. …
Replica Spitfire At The Churchill War Rooms
A full-size replica of a Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 has been parked outside the Churchill War Rooms, where it will remain until the end of the month. The replica is part of the museum’s drive to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s famous radio …
Art Review: The Dalston Project
Ridley Road shopowner Hamid; photo by Nick Aldridge Set in a little-known WW2 air raid shelter just off Kingsland Road, the Dalston Project is an atmospheric photography exhibition that aims to tease out the true stories of everyday life that permeate one of London’s fastest-changing …
Tweeting The Second World War… In Real Time
War Cabinet to meet at 1830 BST. New Prime Minister Winston Churchill to make statement to House of Commons at around 1400 BST10:09 AM May 13th via HootSuiteWar Cabinetukwarcabinet Staffers at the National Archives in Kew are undertaking the mammoth task of Tweeting the events …
Trocadero Hotel Plan Approved
The proposal to convert the Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus into a “pod hotel” has been approved by Westminser council. 495 windowless rooms, some of them just 12sq m, will be packed into the space between the 2nd and 7th floors of the building, but for …
New Fourth Plinth Statue To Be Unveiled
Sir Keith Park Head down to Trafalgar Square today at 4pm to watch the official unveiling of the latest project to occupy the Fourth Plinth. After Gormley’s conceptual experience, the new piece is of a more traditional bent: a statue of Sir Keith Park, the …
London City Airport Closed After WWII Bomb Found
Unexploded World War II bombs and London buses: you wait for ages for one, then two show up at once. A day after the Hammersmith & City, District and Circle lines were disrupted by a UXB found in Bromley By-Bow, another one has been unearthed, …
