‘The Children of Calais’ is an unusual piece of public art in a country that tends to memorialize heroes, royals and victories. Britain h...

First published by  Refugee Action on their website , 29th March 2017. ‘Open your files’, Hilary remembers brightly beginning her f...

Do Bunny Down: when shared war stories can help to heal When researching biographies I am privileged to meet and exchange letters with man...

Hiroshima: City of Peace Seventy years ago this month, on Monday 6 August 1945, the nuclear bomb known as ‘Little Boy’ was dropped on Hiro...

In 1939 Dame Stephanie Shirley’s father, a distinguished German judge, tried to prepare his daughters for a new life in England by teaching ...

Can war be seriously examined through art inspired by American comic strips? As a biographer I am fascinated by the different ways in which ...

Ninety-five years ago this month, in May 1919, a remarkable woman called Eglantyne Jebb, and her sister, Dorothy Buxton, changed the world. ...

During a recent sort out, my mum found a small square of newspaper, cut out and neatly gummed onto a piece of glass cut to size. It had been...

To mark ‘Women’s History Month’ I am dedicating my March blog to four Russian sisters… A couple of years ago the Russianist, historian, tr...