British history
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Book ReviewsThe Little Ships: the Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II
by Louise Borden illustrated by Michael Foreman 1997 / 32 pages Rating: Good In May of 1940, half a million British and French soldiers were…
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Book ReviewsHostage Lands
by Douglas Bond 2006 / 235 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give “When am I ever going to use this?” It’s a question that comes up frequently in…
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AnimatedFree film: The John Newton Story
Animated / Drama 2021 / 30 minutes Rating: 7/10 We know John Newton (1725-1807) as the former slave ship captain who repented and then wrote…
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DramaFreedom
Drama 2014 / 94 minutes Rating: 7/10 Like many a film “inspired by true events,” this isn’t good history but it is pretty decent cinema….