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First “Fury” Trailer Released

John Bull
June 25, 2014
Books, Politics & War, TV & Film
Given both its cast (which includes Brad Pitt) and the writing credentials behind it, Fury has been attracting a certain amount of attention. As the...

If I Don’t Come Home: Letters From D-Day

John Bull
June 23, 2014
Books, E-books, New Books
There can be a tendency sometimes to assume that historical programming is the sole domain of the BBC or Channel 4. If I Don't Come Home: Letters...

The Shores of Normandy

John Bull
June 11, 2014
Politics & War
On June 6th 1944 Jim Radford, aged just 15, was serving on the HM Rescue tug Empire Larch at Gold Beach tasked, amongst other things, with building...

Tackling WW1 In Video Games: Valiant Hearts

John Bull
June 9, 2014
Games, Politics & War
War and gaming are a not uncommon partnership. This is particularly true in the field of strategy games, where the last twenty years have seen the...

London and the Battle of the Somme

John Bull
May 28, 2014
Politics & War
A few years ago whilst recording a podcast on a certain aspect of London's railway history I found myself in conversation with author N Quentin Woolf...

An Empire of Stars

John Bull
May 16, 2014
Design & Tech, Longform
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The forgotten history of the British Space Programme

The Forgotten Prime Minister

John Bull
May 12, 2014
Longform, Politics & War
At 5:15 on the 11th May 1812, Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of Great Britain entered the House of Commons on his way to attend an inquiry into a...

Television’s First Archeologist

John Bull
May 11, 2014
Longform, TV & Film
On the 22nd of July 1976, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, archaeologist, died at the age of 85. He left behind an enormous legacy. In a career that spanned...

A Typeface For The Underground

John Bull
May 10, 2014
Design & Tech, Longform
On Monday the 2nd January 1979, Eiichi Kono walked into the offices of Banks and Miles, one of London’s most renowned graphic design agencies. It...

The Man Who Painted London Red

John Bull
May 9, 2014
Design & Tech, Longform
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When the architecture of the Underground is discussed, it is nearly always to the work of Charles Holden that comment turns. The reasoning for this,...
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