Tonight for #RemembranceSunday, the Elizabeth Tower is illuminated with falling poppies in commemoration of British and Commonwealth forces who fought in the Korean War as we mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice which ended the fighting.
The service and sacrifice of all who undertook National Service is also remembered 60 years on in the Elizabeth Tower illuminations along with the Windrush Generation's contribution to the war and the post-war rebuilding of Britain.
#LestWeForget #ParliamentRemembers #BigBenPoppies
Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years. Then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults.
I like to remember this every Jan 27th.
The Vikings reached North America 500 years before Columbus.
And they also sailed to Britain, Spain, Italy, Russia, North Africa, the Middle East, and... Paris.
This is the story of the Viking Age:
It was on this day five years ago that two boys from my daughter’s school went up to her & sang (to the tune of Feliz Navidad):
“Navid is your dad”