The Victorian Era — the ChartistsThe reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901 has been called ‘The Long Peace’.May 18May 18
Smyrna 1922 — Massacre and FireAfter serving throughout the First World War and surviving the sinking of his ship at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, my grandfather George…May 4May 4
Bolsheviks and the Baltic States, 1919In December 1919 my grandfather Warrant Engineer George Lancaster sent a postcard home to his wife, my grandmother Ida. The card has a…Mar 19Mar 19
Vienna — the Interwar DeclineI recently re-watched the great 1949 film ‘The Third Man’ — the Graham Greene story set in the ruins of post-WW2 Vienna in 1948 which…Mar 5Mar 5
Britain in the 1920s — Beyond the RoarI had a free afternoon in London, so for the first time I visited the National Archives centre in Kew.Feb 22Feb 22
