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Chelsea Pensioner enjoys surprise flight in Second World War Spitfire

Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith flew in the rear of one of two Second World War Spitfires flying over Sussex during an event for military veterans.

The Independent UK

One Life review – Anthony Hopkins moves in stirring second world war drama

The two-time Oscar winner makes a convincing play for a third statuette in the powerful story of Nicholas Winton, who saved Jewish children before the war began

The Guardian - US

Five key elements to watch at the 2023 Goodwood Revival

Goodwood’s Motor Circuit, like other ex-RAF Second World War aerodromes repurposed for car racing in peacetime, was not Britain’s grandest venue in its contemporary era. Aintree, with its imposing horse racing infrastructure, claimed that crown. Yet the hospitality lavished upon visiting sporting greats by the petrolhead ninth Duke of Richmond…

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Investigation launched as Saltire sprayed on Scottish monument

AN OLD Second World War building near Edinburgh that has been painted with a Saltire is to be investigated by Historic Environment Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Tiger Moth trips give thrill-seekers chance to reach for the skies

Sightseers can take to the skies in Second World War biplanes and view some of England’s most spectacular scenery.

The Independent UK

Navy sailors provide guard of honour for funeral of their last Dunkirk veteran

Lawrence Churcher, 102, is believed to have been the last Royal Navy veteran from the Second World War evacuation.

The Independent UK

Second World War in cinema: 20 of the best war movies ever made

THE COUNTDOWN: D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and glory. Graeme Ross sticks his head above the parapet...

The Independent UK

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Conscientious objectors in the second world war: little-known stories of pacifists plagued by doubt but willing to risk their lives

Like many conscientious objectors during the second world war, John Corsellis was acutely aware of the complex and conflicted position he was taking. Years later, he told the Imperial War Museum’s oral history project:

The Conversation

World on Fire series two review – this epic second world war drama is totally gripping

This hugely ambitious attempt to show the war through the lives of ordinary people has an immaculate grasp of tension and character. To watch is to be fully invested in these peoples’ fate

The Guardian - UK

The former Second World War prisoner camp in Bridgend you can only visit a few times a year

The Island Farm in Bridgend is a popular attraction - but it isn't easy to visit

Wales Online

Police station closed after ‘Second World War hand grenade’ handed in

The Explosives Ordnance Disposal is heading to the scene, police said.

The Independent UK

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023 review

Every year since 1769, the Royal Academy has hosted a Summer Exhibition, a “cave-of-wonders-cum-candy-shop-cum-car-boot-sale of works by known academicians and keen members of the public”, said Laura Freeman in The Times. And, as the saying goes, “it is what it is”. This latest iteration, stewarded by watercolourist David Remfry, features…

The Week

Belfast Linen Hall collecting family stories of Second World War for digital archive project

Their Finest Hour will collect and digitise diaries, letters, photographs, memoirs, objects and stories

Belfast Live

London mysterious 'gigantic loud bang' heard across city - but it's not what it seems

Londoners heard a loud noise this afternoon and, while someone claimed a WW2 bomb had been donated, the London Fire Brigade said the 'bang' is believed to have been thunder

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OPINION - Vladimir Putin is flailing like never before, as his latest bleak speech shows

Watching the ritual May Victory Day parade as a correspondent in Moscow a couple of decades ago, I was always struck by its distinctive mix — a noisy exhibition of modern military power but also a day that harked back to past victories, with Second World War veterans waving forlorn…

Evening Standard

Second World War hero, 97, granted wish to be reunited with Spitfire

A 97-year-old Second World War hero has been granted his wish to be reunited with a Spitfire once again.

The Conversation

Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds predicted environmental crisis 70 years ago

In Daphne du Maurier’s short story, The Birds (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological developments after the second world war.

Daily Mirror

Antiques Roadshow guest blown away by the valuation of watch he traded at local pub

One Antiques Roadshow guest was left in disbelief after expert Ben Wright informed him that a Second World War watch he traded at the local pub is worth thousands

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Insurer wins court fight over refusal to pay for Second World War bomb damage

Bomb dropped in 1942 was nicknamed 'the Hermann'

The Independent UK

Insurer wins court fight over refusal to pay for Second World War bomb damage

Allianz won its case against the University of Exeter at the High Court.

The Independent UK

Women can do anything if they wish, say female Second World War veterans

Marie Scott and Mildred Schutz served in the British armed forces during the war.

The Guardian - UK

‘He’d been through so much for his age’: what one Syrian boy’s story can tell children about life as a young refugee

More people are displaced globally now than at any other time since the second world war, millions of them children. Save the Children’s Wonderbooks series is helping kids here to understand the hardships they face – and offering hope for the future

The Conversation

Quilts from the Second World War tell the stories of the Canadian women who sewed them

In 1992, in Esher Library southwest of London, England, Josephine Andrews and her mother, Christine, collected blankets to donate to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War.

Wales Online

People don't know who won WWII, what started it and who was UK PM

40% of people don't know what the Blitz was. 30% are unaware a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Edinburgh Live

Schoolboy's stroll on beach near Edinburgh uncovers fascinating WWII artefact

Father and son's stroll along the sands in East Lothian unearths historic bullet casing from the Second World War that was likely fired by RAF gunners stationed at one of the region's famous airfields.

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