Great War Music with Beverley Palin
Great War Music with Beverley Palin
In this special Trench Chat, we meet historian, re-enactor and professional musician Beverley Palin, and discover the st... Read more
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Verdun In A Day
Verdun In A Day
In the latest of our series of Battlefields in a Day, we travel to Eastern France and look at the Battlefields around Ve... Read more
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