I've heard such comments. I'm reading Verdun 1916, and I live part-time in a French village. It seems to me that they have both. They certainly have a sense of humour, although people who don't...
Just watched the first episode. I thought it was brilliant, real edge of the seat stuff! Even though we know the outcome. Did anyone else think the policeman’s wife didn’t take much notice of him...
That told me nothing at all, I waited and hoped you’d give us something ‘new’ yet everything you said, we’d been aware of already ...... Pleased he’s increased the fines to those that think they’re...
My mum has very bad back pain,the bottom of her spine is crumbling, she's had a nerve block op and injections into spine none of these worked, she takes pain killers and tried cbd oil, nothing...
Did the Allies ever mine the waterways leading to U-boat bases and if not why not. Surely that would have helped in limiting the number of U-boats able to operate at sea
I recognise the name and her email addy is correct BUT before her email is: "http://tiny.cc/mrh3az Jane Doe From: Jane Doe" and then goes straight into the proper email address of Jane Doe. Do you...
This is just my opinion due to the fact that my father was a prisoner of war in the far east for over 3 year, so hear goes with my rant, whilst i applaud the men and women who were involved in the D...
...and it will be a disaster if he becomes PM. He was one of the Bullingdon Boys who used to hold parties to celebrate the demise of the miners, their communities, their jobs and their industry....
Saw on BBC news tonight, 4 men attacked 2 gay women and apparently have been arrested. Nothing much to say except aren't they brave ? The words I would like to use are not printable !! Rant over....
I have just finished 'The Other Side of the Night' by Daniel Butler. I have always wondered about Captain Lord and his failure to do anything on the night of Titanic sinking, and it seems that there...
Well in French, une histoire is a story, and it seems the original meaning is creeping in here. A journalist, Babita Sharma, has currently got her book ‘The Corner Shop” on R4, in which she bangs...
Having recently watched a documentary about and footage of the Trial of Adolf Eichmann and although I have no doubt of his guilt. Because of the heinous nature of the holocaust and the obvious and...
Not sure where to post this, but here goes. Is there a place in either France or Belgium where they have held a ceremony every evening since the end of WW2, giving thanks for their salvation from the...