To mark the 100th anniversary of the Great War, Jonathan, together with co-trustee Diane Walker, recently gave a special guided tour of the various memorial bronzes and tablets commemorating people and events from The Great War. They covered several local…
In June Jonathan was invited by the BBC to attend the first of the 2018 Reith Lectures at Broadcasting House, London. The eminent historian Margaret MacMillan delivered her opening talk on 'War and Humanity' to an audience of journalists, historians…
Jonathan's article on the controversies surrounding the Haig statues was published in the latest issue of Records, the journal of The Douglas Haig Fellowship. It is reproduced below by kind permission of the DHF: The Real Monuments Men By Jonathan…
A visit to Heidelberg unearthed a fascinating story of the German Student Corps just before the Great War. Staying at the historic inn, Die Hirschgasse, just across the river from the old town, Jonathan learned about the bloody duelling contests…