Talk At The Merchants’ Hall, Bristol

Talk at The Merchants’ Hall, Bristol

  • February 2, 2019

In January, Jonathan was delighted to accept an invitation to deliver a talk at The Merchant's Hall Bristol to supporters of the Young Bristol charity.  This organisation is Bristol’s leading provider of community-based youth services and through the good work…

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Talk On ‘The Female Agents Of WW11’

Talk on ‘The Female Agents of WW11’

  • January 19, 2019

Jonathan supported the Memory Cafe Charity (Alzheimers) by giving a talk on the female heroines of the Special Operations Executive [SOE] during WW11. He told the 90-strong audience about how these brave girls were recruited, firstly into the FANY Corps…

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Talk To The Arts Society At Dartington Hall

Talk to The Arts Society at Dartington Hall

  • November 23, 2018

In November Jonathan was invited to give a talk to the Totnes branch of The Arts Society and the venue was in the glorious surroundings of Dartington Hall estate. It was just several days after Remembrance Day and the packed…

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Remembrance Day 2018 – 100 Years On

Remembrance Day 2018 – 100 Years On

  • November 22, 2018

Jonathan was asked by Clifton College to deliver the address for the Remembrance Day service on 11 November. In a moving service conducted by the school chaplain, Rev. Simon Chapman, the large congregation listened to the anthem, Libera me and…

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The Great War. The Fallen From A Devon Parish

The Great War. The Fallen from a Devon Parish

  • November 7, 2018

Jonathan has just compiled a booklet on 'SALCOMBE REGIS 1914-1918: THE MEN WHO NEVER RETURNED'. Like all villages and towns in Britain, Salcombe Regis lost some of her local sons, who are commemorated in Jonathan's parish church in Devon. Together…

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Marzabotto 1944

Marzabotto 1944

  • October 2, 2018

Nazi atrocities assumed a terrifying level in 1944. The massacre of French civilians at Oradour-sur Glane is well documented. However, there was an even more brutal and indiscriminate SS operation carried out against Italian civilians in the Apennine mountains between…

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Great War Memorials In Exeter Cathedral

Great War Memorials in Exeter Cathedral

  • June 30, 2018

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…

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‘The Mark Of Cain’. 2018 Reith Lectures

‘The Mark of Cain’. 2018 Reith Lectures

  • June 30, 2018

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…

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The Real Monuments Men

The Real Monuments Men

  • June 20, 2018

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…

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