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Apr 19, 2026

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4 min read

Entertaining the Forgotten Army

The West End Meets the Jungle

Matt Eaton

Welcome

Apr 18, 2026

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2 min read

A New Home for the Historical Ephemera Newsletter

Kettle, tea bags, and a pint of milk at the ready

Matt Eaton

entertainment

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Delhi to Calcutta? Imagine London to Danzig

Apr 6, 2026

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5 min read

Delhi to Calcutta? Imagine London to Danzig

The Growing Importance of British Army Welfare in India and Burma

Matt Eaton

burma

Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

"I Accuse Mr Amery"

What About Welfare for The Forgotten Army?

Matt Eaton

ww2

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

Matt 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

Matt 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

Matt 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!

Matt Eaton

british army

Jan 23, 2026

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4 min read

The Mask of Valour

Dissembling Fear at El Alamein

Matt 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

Matt 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

Matt 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

Matt Eaton

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Entertaining the Forgotten Army

A New Home for the Historical Ephemera Newsletter

Delhi to Calcutta? Imagine London to Danzig

"I Accuse Mr Amery"

And now for something completely different

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

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