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Ep. 136 – Food in the Trenches – Dr Rachel Duffett

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Dr Rachel Duffett, Research Officer, Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, talks about on her recent book the Stomach for Fighting that looks at food and the British Tommy during the First World War. 


The Boy Scouts in the Great War by Craig Armstrong

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(Pen & Sword, 2021) £19.99, hardback, 208 pages, 100 b/w illustrations ISBN: 978–1–52672–324–6  There’s plenty of fascinating information crammed into Craig Armstrong’s account of the Scouts’ experience of the First World War. The stories range from those of diligent service to outright heroism, culminating in the courage and sacrifice of that…