War raged all around but in the middle of it stood the school: peaceful and undamaged. While the bombs dropped and the soldiers fell, the children inside got on with [...]

Two starving children; only one orange. What happens? The Mémorial de Caen commemorates the WW2 Battle for Caen and, more generally, the fragility of 20th century peace. Displays, events and [...]

I'm sitting with my father watching the television as Russian tanks roll into Ukraine. He was 11 in 1939 when Chamberlain announced war. He tells me how his mother burst [...]