Muirhead Bone was born on the 23rd March 1876 in the suburb of Partick in Glasgow. Born into rather an impoverished family, any talent Bone and his siblings showed was encouraged. Each birthday Bone received artist’s materials and every week …
The instruction to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become one of the most recognisable slogans in British history. The phrase has reinforced a popular view of life in the Second World War and has been reproduced on everything from …
...photographs of some of the men listed within. These photographs have been digitised and are on view in the exhibition. George Kittle - © Surrey Comet and Kingston Museum and...
...Police during the conflict in Kenya. In an effort to help quell the Mau Mau Uprising, a dog training facility was established in Nanyuki, where canines were trained for guard,...
...in the way in which intelligence was collated and assessed by the JIC, stressing that assessment should be free from policy (or political) considerations. She also expressed a wish to...