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World War One Photo: Aircraft
Writing on the back of the photo says ‘La Bassee.’ It was a battle in Northern France between Germany and British forces starting in October 1914. Germany occupied La Bassee, and the British attempts to regain the commune of … Continue reading
Posted in historical, historical media, old photographs, World War One
Tagged aircraft, history, La Bassel, old photo, photo, Plane, primary source, Royal Air Force, World War One
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World War One Photo: Cloth Hall in Ypres
Posted in historical, historical media, old photographs, primary resource, World War One
Tagged The Great War, Vintage photo, World War One, Ypres
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T.S Eliot: Timeless Influence on a Modern Generation
I happened to overhear a conversation between two of my drama students- they were supposed to present T.S. Eliot’s work in English that day, and they thought his poems were both boring and unintelligible. I interjected, and suggested that they … Continue reading
Posted in 1900-1914, 1920s, Art, Education, historical, media, music, poetry, World War One
Tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, Apocalypse Now, Cats, Dark Tower, Francis Ford Coppola, Halo 3, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Sarah Sleen, Stephen King, T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Wasteland
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World War One Photo: Bullecourt
The picture looks like ground zero. Soldiers and men, slowly emerge from the debris. The back of the photo reads “near Bullecourt,” France. A village prone to devastation, it was destroyed in the sixteenth century, and then in 1917. The … Continue reading
Brushed With Mystery 