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With clothing rationed and materials scarce, how did Blitz-era Londoners keep up appearances? A talk at the London Transport Museum delves into the make-do-and-mend culture of the Second World War.

Tuesday was the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Blitz, and 95 years ago on 8th September 1915 the most successful Zeppelin raid on London took place. Londoners were crushed under the fear of wars and the threat of air raids and strange rumours …

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. …

Nick Clegg was called out by the Daily Mail two weeks ago for a years-old article which dared to question Britain’s obsession with World War II. He might have a point: mere hours after learning of the Bomber Command memorial comes news of another homage …

Sir Keith Park The statue of Sir Keith Park, which has stood atop Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth since November, has been removed to make way for the next installation. The Standard has a surreal photograph of the New Zealand-born RAF commander’s statue, severed at the …

Gordon Brown and David Cameron have enthusiastically backed a proposed memorial to Bomber Command in Green Park. The Labour and Conservative leaders, each seeking to out-emote the other in their love of Albion and reverence for the heroes of World War II, have both written …

A service was held at Bethnal Green Tube Station yesterday to mark the 67th anniversary of the civilian disaster that saw 173 people die as folk stampeded underground, following an air raid siren. The campaign to put a permanent memorial on the site, where currently …

Courtesy of Royal Artillery Museum Yesterday, a special service was held at St Paul’s to mark the 70th anniversary of WWII evacuation. An incredible feat of logistics saw over 3 million children, infants, mothers, pensioners and hospital patients rushed out of London in early September …

After a brief break, Londonist Film Club is back, looking at films with one thing in common: London. Our only rule is that the films must have either the word London or a London place name in the title. Other than that, any film is …

Naval helicopters flew over Dollis Hill on their way to the Greenwich celebrations yesterday. Had their pilots looked down, they might have seen a queue of civilians awaiting a rather special tour of military heritage. The Paddock bunker sits high up on Brook Road, Dollis …