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Second World War Articles

Mud or Gold: The Dig Review

Mud or Gold: The Dig Review

The Dig humanises the groundbreaking archaeological discovery of the Sutton Hoo burial sites and is a heart wrenching account of friendship and love
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Review: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

Review: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

Kayleigh Crawford reviews The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memorial
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Review: We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

Review: We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

Robert Boddy reviews Frances Liardet’s We Must Be Brave, a decade-spanning story of an orphaned evacuee and the woman who takes her into her family
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Classic Review: Gilda

Nadia Cheung feels the seduction of film noir
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My Political Hero: Emily Balch

Antonia Jennings pays tribute to influential feminist, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Emily Balch
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My Political Hero: Clement Attlee

“While Churchill is seen as the definitive wartime leader, Attlee was the man who ran Britain.” Rob Fuller heaps praise upon one of the great 20th Century Prime Ministers
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