Like many people with a strong interest in World War II, my knowledge has always been firmly rooted in Europe. I could talk at length about the Eastern Front, D-Day, the Blitz, Dunkirk, and the fall of Berlin. I’d read countless books, watched endless documentaries, and even walked the beaches of Normandy trying and failing to make sense of the enormity of it all.
But, embarrassingly, I knew next to nothing about Australia’s role in the ...
As predictably as someone losing their tent on day one, the annual outrage machine has fired into action—this time over the sight of Palestinian flags waving in the dust and dry cider haze of Glastonbury.
Apparently, the mere presence of a flag is now cause for national alarm. And not just from the usual suspects on GB News who believe “woke” is a communist plot. No, even mainstream commentators have taken time out from defending oil ...
A visit to Belfast isn’t complete without confronting its past. One of the most raw, revealing, and essential ways to do that is by taking a Troubles Taxi Tour through West Belfast — a journey into the very heart of a conflict that still casts a long shadow.
A Journey Through West Belfast
Your guide is typically a local, someone who lived through The Troubles, and what they offer is more than a history lesson. They drive you through ...
Victory on Repeat
Britain won the Second World War — just pop into your local pub and they’ll be plenty of people willing to tell you. Repeatedly. A disproportionate amount of people still living off the fumes of that victory like a washed-up pub singer singing “We’ll Meet Again”. While other nations dusted themselves off and quietly vowed never again, Britain has opted for the full Greatest Hits tour. Eighty-odd years later, ...
Let’s get straight to the point: Lady Godiva. Famous historical figure? Yes. Cockney rhyming slang? Also yes. But how did a noblewoman from the 11th century end up riding bareback into the hearts of East End slang merchants nearly a millennium later?
Strap in (or don’t, in her case), because things are about to get mildly historical and questionably logical.
Who Was Lady Godiva?
Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman best known ...
