Colour in the amazing animal heroes from IWM's unique collection of stories. Throughout wartime, our animal friends have helped humans in marvellous ways, showing their bravery, strength and loyalty. Here we tell the real stories of these heroic animals through over 30 illustrations. You'll meet search-and-rescue dog Jet, Simon the mischievous ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423767
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The Few Who Flew is an evocative memoir written by one of the last young men to train as a RAF pilot, gaining his 'Wings' in April 1957 just days before the end of National Service. Michael Morris as he was then (he is now Lord Naseby) was selected to do his flying training in Canada alongside fellow British and NATO pilots from seven different ......
Adventure in Art is the 1947 autobiography of one of the key female protagonists from the British Modernist era - Lucy Carrington Wertheim. Republished by Unicorn to coincide with the forthcoming Towner exhibition Lucy Wertheim: Patron, Collector and Gallerist (Summer 2022), this book brings to a contemporary audience the trials and tribulations ......
Sempre Avanti. Ever Forward. That’s the motto on the Gelardi family shield and it’s a philosophy that has directed the lives and
careers of four generations of hoteliers – Giuseppe, Giulio, Bertie and Geoffrey. Giuseppe managed hotels in his native Italy in
the nineteenth century but his son Giulio was more ambitious and came to London, working ......
William Carne's life, like so many others in the 20th Century, was defined by the two World Wars. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet aged just sixteen in 1914. This is his story of his life at sea, from his own memoirs, letters, diaries and photos. It is a humbling account of his time as a midshipman on HMS New Zealand at the Battle of Jutland, ......
Located in the heart of South Kensington, Brown and Rosies is a landmark cafe that brings a slice of Australian breakfast and brunch culture to London. The Fresh and Simple cookbook now offers the reader the chance to recreate the sophistication of Brown and Rosies at home. Inspired by years spent in Australia and travels across the world, ......
An eclectic range of paintings of theatres, from the ancient to the modern age and from the smallest travelling theatre based in Rome to one of the biggest in New York. We are lucky to still have some of them, in the last half of the 20th century, it is surprising how many of these world famous theatres were proposed for demolition, Carnegie Hall ......
British Ordnance Muskets identifies and analyses in detail eighteen ordnance muskets from the 1830s and 1840s. As well as providing the history and details of the muskets of this important period when the Ordnance transitioned from flintlock to percussion arms, it also covers the impact of two arms shortages, material losses suff ered in the Tower ......
