‘Knowing you won’t see your dad again is a big concept to grasp when you’re eight’
“She took me up to my bedroom and sat down with me on my bed,” recalls Alix. “She took me by the hand. I’ll always remember her words. She said:….
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Being a Bletchley Park codebreaker was the best time of my life
But I must have passed because afterwards I was told to get to Euston station immediately and make my way to Bletchley. Of course I had no idea what Bletchley….
‘The war was a long time ago, but you remember when you try to lie down’
At the engineers’ depot at Longmoor in Hampshire, he was taught how to clear German booby traps. “We had minefields and detonators. The only thing is with mines – be….
Why it’s so hard for teens to get a cancer diagnosis
For Charlie Taylor, his symptoms began when he was 13. While looking at the whiteboard in school, his eyes would start to sting randomly. He was tired, wracked by bad….
Who we are supporting and how you can donate
For many of us, Christmas is the time to gather our loved ones close for a well-deserved break. This has been quite the year as, despite the UK economy showing….