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Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

"I Accuse Mr Amery"

What About Welfare for The Forgotten Army?

Matthew Eaton

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And now for something completely different

Mar 8, 2026

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9 min read

And now for something completely different

Using the Performing Arts to Fight Fascism

Matthew Eaton

The Quintessential Englishman: Leslie Howard’s Wartime Crusade and the Mystery of Flight 777 – Part 2

Feb 22, 2026

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5 min read

The Quintessential Englishman: Leslie Howard’s Wartime Crusade and the Mystery of Flight 777 – Part 2

The German agent and Churchill's doppelganger

Matthew Eaton

entertainment

The Quintessential Englishman: Leslie Howard’s Wartime Crusade and the Mystery of Flight 777 Part 1

Feb 20, 2026

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5 min read

The Quintessential Englishman: Leslie Howard’s Wartime Crusade and the Mystery of Flight 777 Part 1

Fighting fascism with a monologue, a cardigan, and a pipe

Matthew Eaton

Greer Garson

Mrs Miniver: More Effective for Morale than Five Battleships?

Feb 8, 2026

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4 min read

Mrs Miniver: More Effective for Morale than Five Battleships?

For once, Churchill may not have been exaggerating!

Matthew Eaton

british army

Jan 23, 2026

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4 min read

The Mask of Valour

Dissembling Fear at El Alamein

Matthew Eaton

army welfare service

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Una birra, per favore. That's yer lot until next month!

Jan 12, 2026

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5 min read

Una birra, per favore. That's yer lot until next month!

The Second World War's Beer Shortage

Matthew Eaton

entertainment

The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.2

Dec 26, 2025

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5 min read

The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.2

In which an RAF Erk goes to the ball and puts his foot in it

Matthew Eaton

entertainment

The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.1

Dec 18, 2025

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5 min read

The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.1

In which Major Plaistowe's villain enjoys a fairy-tale ending

Matthew Eaton

entertainment

Dec 5, 2025

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1 min read

The Show Must Go On

But first, a short intermission...

Matthew Eaton

entertainment

Nov 22, 2025

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5 min read

Too little, too late: Indian Entertainment in the Mediterranean

Or try running a 35mm film on a 16mm projector!

Matthew Eaton

entertainment

Nov 9, 2025

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4 min read

Remembering the Wartime ENSA Troupers

Representing ENSA at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day

Matthew Eaton

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The Quintessential Englishman: Leslie Howard’s Wartime Crusade and the Mystery of Flight 777 – Part 2

The Quintessential Englishman: Leslie Howard’s Wartime Crusade and the Mystery of Flight 777 Part 1

Mrs Miniver: More Effective for Morale than Five Battleships?

The Mask of Valour

Una birra, per favore. That's yer lot until next month!

The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.2

The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.1

The Show Must Go On

Too little, too late: Indian Entertainment in the Mediterranean

Remembering the Wartime ENSA Troupers

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