The centenary year of the outbreak of the First World War has encouraged a variety of reflections. To previous generations, the role played by their prime ministers would have been amongst the first items worthy of comment. In a less …
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 …
...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...
...the Chief Constable. Edith Smith. Photo: Grantham Museum Criticisms and controversies Yet Edith Smith’s appointment was controversial. The Home Office advised that women could not be sworn in because they...
Sunday 28 June 1914 was warm and sunny, and most Londoners were enjoying a day of rest. One exception was the resident clerk at the Foreign Office who was on duty to deal with any unexpected crisis that might occur. …
...series we all take for granted. Ordnance Survey, however, has a surprising history because, as Britain’s national mapping authority, today’s suppliers of business intelligence were originally charged with gathering military...