After the glitz and glamour of the 1920s and 30s, the party came to a screeching halt in 1939 as the world went to war once again. We take a look at the impact this important decade had on everyday ...

There’s just something about a floaty, frilled, floral dress that tugs at the heartstrings. It's pure modern nostalgia: the best of the past, styled for the present. And as we mark VE Day, it feels ...

Every year, the local church fête is the cause of domestic tension. It’s simply that Agromenes cannot resist the book stall and, despite earnest entreaties, always returns with yet more books for ...

“The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in ...

Elderly patients at a West Yorkshire hospital are receiving "reminiscence therapy" in the ideal setting of a 1940s-themed room. A day room at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, has been transformed ...

Combined box-type metal midwifery bag and sterilizer with some contents, made by W.H. Bailey and Son, 45 Oxford Street, London, 1940-1948.; Bags such as this were taken by midwives when assisting with ...

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THE first annual report of James Bryant Conant to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College may in retrospect prove as significant as Turner’s famous essay on the closing of the frontier. The report ...