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From Kensington to JFK at 19 Princes Gate My Mother’s Story in Forgotten Letters A recent search of a family suitcase led to the discovery of several letters and documents from the late 1940s. These documents show the early stages of my mother, Aniela Szkawran (1919–2014), as she built up her new
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Aniela secured an appointment with the WWII German Post Office. She was formally engaged by the Head of the Deutsche Post Osten Krakau (German Post East Kraków).
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This posts addresses a simple fix for the appearance of Invisible text when copying multiple blocks in Gutenberg. The fix is carried out using the Styles/Colour settings in the sidebar panel.
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Combat medic Rebekah Maciorowski, an American registered nurse serving with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, urgently needs to replace her medical evacuation vehicle after it was targeted and destroyed by a Russian fibre-optic drone. Updated 21/09/2026. Rebekah now has a replacement vehicle.
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Music often connects different cultures, but Los Iankovers (Лос Янковерс) stand out for how they do it. Starting in Bogotá, Colombia, the group mixes Latin American rhythms with traditional and patriotic Ukrainian songs.
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West Grinstead Train Station has the remains of railway infrastructure from a bygone era, which can still be seen.
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A striking example of the cruel mindset of Russian State Media can be seen in a video dispatch from the front lines of the war in Ukraine.
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Updated 30 September 2026 . Travel vlogs that focus on the “slow life” are very popular. People enjoy watching others leave busy city life behind to fix up old houses, work in gardens, and raise animals in peaceful rural areas. But what if that peaceful rural escape is actually in a war zone under illegal occupation?
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Updated 13 September 2026. The Brighton Tram 53 Society is working to bring a piece of Sussex transport history back to life. They are progressing with a restoration of two historic trams.
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I had the pleasure of visiting Colonnade House on Tuesday to view the Refugee Week in Worthing exhibition, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The vibrant colours and textures of the artwork immediately caught my eye, and the sense of hope in the room is real.
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August Browne’s story is impressive. The new facts show him as a remarkable survivor, a Black musician who found his way through the strict social rules of interwar Warsaw, lived through the Nazi occupation, and managed to survive against the odds.
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In my quest to publish a post about i-telex, I found information about this system fragmented over many web page. I also found many of these full of technical jargon, unfamiliar to me, as a former non-technical telex operator.
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