Stiff Upper Lip

April 26, 2011 at 1:20 am

Not sure whether this is the genuine article but really enjoyed it anyway.

Ghosts Of World War 2

August 4, 2010 at 12:04 am

Just a random site which TheEye saw today and liked. Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov has taken old World War II photos and photoshopped them over the locations in present day. The scenes from Prague, Vienna, and Moscow make an interesting and unusual way to appreciate history. It’s a fascinating use […]

RIP: Edith Shain

June 23, 2010 at 10:29 pm

Edith Shain was the anonymous nurse photographed being kissed in Times Square, New York, celebrating the end of the Second World War in 1945. On Sunday last, she died, aged 91. The iconic VJ Day picture by Alfred Eisenstaedt was published in Life magazine, but the identity of the nurse […]

In Memorium

May 25, 2009 at 4:17 pm

St C had the pleasure to be present at an incredibly moving ceremony today. At 08:30 I was lined up with some 350 other people suitably dressed in tropical whites etc on the flight deck of HMS OCEAN. We were at the exact spot where, on the 10th of December […]