Monthly Archives: March 2013

In recent years Steven Spielberg’s movie War Horse celebrated the role of our four-legged friends in World War One, but animals have had and still have a long and distinguished career within the military. The wonderful website history.com has produced … Continue reading →

We all have the odd skeleton or two lurking in the family cupboard, and most of us would happily keep them there, but that may no longer be possible as a new archive of criminal records becomes available in Britain … Continue reading →

When is a tree not a tree? Well, that’s not quite the esoteric problem you might imagine. Actually, it’s one grounded in fact…and deadly serious fact at that because, during World War One, a man’s life might depend on the … Continue reading →