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Tag Archives: First World War
On receiving some wonderful old news……
As some of my regular readers may be aware, I was commissioned earlier this year, by the new social history imprint of Pen and Sword Books, to write a book about the impact of the first world war on the … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Family History, History, London, Writing
Tagged Books, Family History, First Blitz, First World War, Great War, Historic Newspapers, London, reading, research, Shell Shocked Britain, WW1, Zeppelin raids
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The poetry of London: Wilfred Owen and the Ghost of Shadwell Stair
Wilfred Owen is, for many (including myself) the greatest poet of the First World War. Memorable works such Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth are part of the GCSE syllabus; Owen himself features in Pat Barker’s Regeneration … Continue reading
Posted in History, Keats, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Dockland, First World War, John Keats, London, Poetry, Shadwell, War poets, Wilfred Owen, writing
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