Best known for her classic crime novels, one of Agatha Christie’s greatest mysteries was not a work of fiction but was rather a real-life enigma which cast Christie herself as the leading lady. On Friday 3rd December 1926, just after 9:30pm, Christie checked to see if her seven-year-old daughter Rosalind was sleeping soundly before making her way…
Category: Wartime
Never Mind Valentine’s Day! I’m Going To A Monkey Parade
As some of you may have noticed, it was Valentine’s Day a few days ago. With its heart-shaped chocolate boxes and love bugs, it seems to have the ol’ Marmite effect on people: you either love it or you hate it! So, as Cupid puts down his arrow for another year and the roses start…
WW2 Propaganda. What It Really Meant!
world War II propaganda posters were essentially used as advertisement to inspire, persuade and educate the people of their country during the war. Equipped with suggestive and educational values, these posters were advertisement gold. Whether it be to formulate hatred, maintain morale or urge production, many posters were shocking, catchy and just downright weird. Here are a…