On the 27 January 1945, the Red Army liberated Auschwitz the biggest mass murder site in the history of the world. Seventy-five years on, and amongst the ever-growing division of Europe and the world, the warning from the Holocaust and all the genocides since is of where the division can lead. With Brexit just days away, we cannot allow the […]
This year I turn twenty-five, that is in my view a very long period a time to look back at the where were you moments. I want to ask not only what’s happened but what impact has it had on my life, our world and if the dramatic events of the last few years mean the world will ever be […]
English, is not commonly used to describe national identity by people but is that because of our history? The empire was built by mainly English people, starting with Wales in 1536, this was when Henry VIII was king it took a number of years for the union to be so intertwined. The Welsh government wouldn’t reform until 1999 The story […]
We recently watched the great cathedral of Notre Dame burn, a moment when you have to really pinch yourself as you watched what looked to be the end of the cathedral. But, it poses a question how do we protect our historic buildings for future generations and what does it say about us? Many of these country houses were built […]