An abandoned World War II sea fort that you can live in has sold at auction - but it needs a little refurbishment The brave bidder certainly has their work cut out Manchester Evening News · Jul 23, 2022
'It's ambitious': AWM expansion vital to honour modern vets, director says A $500 million upgrade to the Australian War Memorial - which has already blown out to $550 million - angered many. But the institution's director says, once completed, the realised vision will be accepted by the public. The Canberra Times · Jul 22, 2022
Long Lost Family: How a woman's DNA helped solve the mystery identities of World War I soldiers found buried together after 100 years “Every single one of these soldiers, they were somebody’s son; they were somebody’s brother; they were somebody’s husband.” Wales Online · Jul 18, 2022
Remains of 7 WWI soldiers given military burial in Flanders The remains of seven soldiers killed in World War I have been given full military burial after their remains were discovered during a gas pipeline construction near Ypres The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Russia's antisemitism aimed at Ukraine's Zelenskyy is just the Kremlin variant of a very old European virus Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was asked in May 2022 how Russia could claim that Ukraine was run by Nazis, since Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is Jewish. The Conversation · Jun 29, 2022
Unknown soldier no more: World War I gravestone gets a name A funeral ceremony was held Tuesday for an English soldier who was killed in France in World War I, but whose remains were only identified a century later The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022
World War II veteran and Rat of Tobruk Sydney George Kinsman dies in Alice Springs, aged 100 Sydney George Kinsman was a veteran of some of the biggest battles of World War II, including the Siege of Tobruk and First Battle of El Alamein, and escaped after being captured as a prisoner of war. ABC News · Jun 18, 2022
Relatives pay tribute to soldier from Wishaw who was awarded VC for bravery in France Private William J Milne's life was recognised in a wreath laying ceremony by cousins from the USA Daily Record · Jun 5, 2022
The pee of mother mice smells like bananas and their male peers can’t handle it — study In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about a strange effect of mice urine, Ingenuity helicopter's latest record flight on Mars, Wonder Woman, and more. Inverse · Jun 3, 2022
Review: 'Benediction' is a shattering biopic of the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon "Benediction," Terence Davies' achingly beautiful portrait of the English war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, is a movie of acute sadness and intense pleasure. The pleasure and the sadness are inextricable, which seems fitting, given how closely aesthetic bliss and moral despair were entwined in Sassoon's own art. In furious,… Los Angeles Times · Jun 3, 2022
5 years ago, 'Wonder Woman' influenced Marvel in one surprising way Five years later, 'Wonder Woman' from Patty Jenkins remains a breathtaking movie defined by a single scene: The "No Man's Land" crossing. Inverse · Jun 2, 2022
Uncle Herb Patten reflects on lifetime of gumleaf playing Uncle Herb Patten has been making music from gumleaves since he was five years old and wants others to take it up. ABC News · Jun 1, 2022
We must keep up the struggle to end all wars We can honor our lost loved ones on Memorial Day by searching for that elusive peace. We must encourage our leaders to be peacemakers, to work harder to end existing conflicts and prevent future ones. Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2022
ABC News · May 27, 2022 Burbanks gold mine gets new lease on life amid Coolgardie renaissance and WA's latest boom Coolgardie is enjoying a renaissance and returning to old workings last mined before World War I amid a new WA gold boom, nearly 130 years after it was discovered at the historic location.
Daily Record · May 26, 2022 Watch the Scottish war hero's 1931 Alvis that's set to sell for £50,000 A wonderfully maintained and rare drop-top Alvis tourer that was first owned by a Scots World War I hero is coming up for auction. You can find out all about it and see a video gallery of it here.
ABC News · May 19, 2022 Ghosts of Castle, Settlers hotels and Old York Hospital spook and delight tourists in WA town York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia — and some locals say it’s also the most haunted.
Zenger · May 18, 2022 New Jersey Coastal Storm Unearths ‘Ghost Tracks’ Strong winds and rain hammered a mid-Atlantic beach for days, uncovering a buried relic from the World War I era.
Reason · May 18, 2022 New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech In response to the Buffalo massacre, Gov. Kathy Hochul invoked a hoary analogy to justify censorship.
Radio France Internationale · May 10, 2022 Grave secrets of trapped WWI German soldiers to stay buried, for now German and French authorities are debating what to do with a “forgotten mass grave” of German soldiers who perished in a tunnel that was sealed by enemy forces in north-eastern France during World War I.
The Conversation · May 10, 2022 Russia is being made a pariah state – just like it and the Soviet Union were for most of the last 105 years The U.S. and its European allies recently said they planned to take a new approach in their relations with Russia: They would isolate and contain the country in the aftermath of its invasion of Ukraine. Doing so would keep Russia out of international organizations, restrict imports and exports, and prevent…
Bangkok Post · May 6, 2022 Nostalgia: It's worse than it used to be Before the pandemic, nostalgia was a major force in global politics. Donald Trump promised to "make America great again", and Brexiteers won their political battle partly by idealising Britain's imperial past. While Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a "great rejuvenation of the Chinese people", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo…
The Conversation · May 4, 2022 Plenty of resilience, but little resistance in a new account of Australia's Great Depression In her latest book, Australia’s Great Depression, Joan Beaumont offers a deeply conservative history animated by the neoliberal spirit of our age.
Reason · May 2, 2022 After the War In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it's time for Europe to step up and America to step back.
Reason · Apr 30, 2022 Audio Books on European History This is the second in a series of recommended audio books. This one focuses on continental European history. Recommended for everyone The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous. By Joseph Henrich. Narrated by Korey Jackson. While this book is global in scope,…