An occasional barrage balloon went up in flames, and the growl of the planes went on for hours. We could could see the sky lit up by the flames from Coventry and Birmingham. I was due to travel ...

We could hear the bombs going off in Birmingham and other unfortunate places and the skies were lit up with search lights. Barrage balloons were everywhere. Our school, Harry Cheshire School, was ...

This year (2003) whilst on holiday with a party of Americans I was talking to them about the horrors of the 9/11 tragedy when one of them turned to me and asked if I had any experience of war. I ...