Reference: Giles Milton: The Soldiers’ Story, John Murray, (2018), Pages 65 & 66
Tag: France
The St Bartholomew Day’s Massacre (1572)
I am not a Christian and do not subscribe to the Catholic Vs Protestant dichotomy. Although I respect the beliefs of others (whether theist, atheist
John Ruskin: Useful Work as the Only ‘Pure’ Religion (c. 1886)
In the first three paragraphs, John Ruskin is describing his 1849 visit to the Grande Chartreuse. This is the head-monastery of the Carthusian (Catholic) monastic
Franco-British Exhibition (1908) – ‘White’ City Indeed…
I was looking through an attic recently, and I came across this old postcard preserved in a plastic wallet and dated to Edward VII. The
Royal Mint: British D-Day Commemorative 50 Pence Piece (1994)
Today, a padded envelope arrived containing ‘five’ 50 pence pieces (or ‘coins’) commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British D-Day Landings at Caen and Normandy.
Torquay: WWII D-Day Memorial – We Remember the US Soldiers (17.4.2019)
WW2 Slipways We have visited and photographed this site in passing a few times over the years – but today decided to use out better
