Death 100 years ago of Col GO Spence, a great Stockton benefactor

IN the worst snowstorm in a generation 100 years ago this weekend, one of the Tees Valley’s most illustrious sons was killed when his ...
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National Museum of Asian Art, West Building

Chinese paintings, Indian sculpture; Islamic painting and metalware; Japanese lacquer; Korean ceramics; American Art from the late 19th-century aesthetic movement; Whistler’s Peacock Room. There is no ...

The 30 European city breaks within four hours of London by train

If there’s one thing guaranteed to spoil the magic of a European city break, it’s all the stress and hassle of getting there ...
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Travel through 4.6 billion years of our planet's history and help protect its future. Snap a selfie with a piece of Mars, touch a fragment of the Moon and lay your hands on a meteorite older than our ...
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World War I Armistice Day remembered in Ypres and elsewhere

World War I fighting officially stopped at 11 a.m. on November 11 in 1918. Ceremonies marking the anniversary took place around much of the world, including the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium.

The pretty little UK town that was the first in the world to hold a two-minute silence

Recently uncovered documents from the National Archives confirm that Farnham was the first place in Britain – and possibly ...
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Neil Drysdale: The memorials to north-east teenage soldiers in Ypres show why Remembrance is still so important

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