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YMCA World Map: Western Front Expansion

KathrynThursday, February 24, 2022

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) sought throughout the First World War to operate as a continual strand of support for soldi...

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Ypres Salient 2021 Day Four: Into the Storm

KathrynFriday, December 10, 2021

Today was so not the weather for battlefield-ing. It was cold, wet, and blowing a gale. As a result today's plans were mostly centred ar...

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Ypres Salient Day Three: Cycling Behind the Lines

KathrynThursday, December 09, 2021

For today's adventure I set off on my bike to locate some of the YMCA huts that stood behind the lines during the First World War. Altho...

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Ypres Salient 2021 Day Two: Winter Walking in Zillebeke

KathrynWednesday, December 08, 2021

I awoke this morning feeling a lot better than I had yesterday! The storm had also abated, leaving great conditions for a walk. I drove over...

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Ypres Salient 2021 Day One: The Way Back

KathrynTuesday, December 07, 2021

This evening I write from Talbot House. I sit at a table from which I have written many a blog post, surrounded by the familiar comfort whic...

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DPhil Diaries Fifteen: Two Thousand Years of Conflict

KathrynSunday, April 18, 2021

Recently, since the lifting of the most recent lockdown, I have been making an effort to explore more of Oxfordshire by getting the bus out ...

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