Viewing all items in Resource Category: Looking at your Community
Wider community events, and significant anniversaries of historical interest.
- The renowned German theologian and anti-Nazi Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested by the Gestapo 75 years ago this month, on 5th April 1943, at the age of 37. He was executed in April 1945. Born to a distinguished family in Breslau, now part of Poland, Bonhoeffer was strongly influenced by time in the United States, where...Bonhoeffer and the Nazis
- Buckingham Palace opened to the public for the first time following an announcement by the Queen 25 years ago this month, on 29 April 1993. The aim was to raise money to pay for much of the restoration of Windsor Castle after the catastrophic fire of 1992: there had been widespread public opposition to the use...When Buckingham Palace opened
- Looking at your Community All in the month of APRIL Diary of a Momentous Year: April 1918 – ‘Stand firm and fight it out’ Rivers of Blood? When Buckingham Palace opened Assassination of Martin Luther King Bonhoeffer and the Nazis When did you last visit your local library? ** Editor: We continue our column that...Looking at your Community (all articles) for April 2018
- Looking at the Community All in the month of MARCH The Charge of the Light Brigade The Mother of Science Fiction Diary of a Momentous Year: 3 March 1918: Getting Nowhere The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Death of Queen Mary In memory of Wilfred Owen ** Editor: We continue our column that looks at...Looking at your Community (all articles) for March 2018
- Looking at your Community All in the month of FEBRUARY Red Noses? No Laughing Matter Diary of a Momentous Year: February 1918: How long, O Lord, how long? Discovery of the double-helix Remembering the Munich air disaster The Way I see It: ENJOYING THE SINS OF OTHERS Our Alongside-Helpers What’s in your toothbrush?...Looking at your Community (all articles) for February 2018
- Looking at Your Community All in the month of JANUARY Diary of a Momentous Year: January 1918: STALEMATE The Daily Service celebrates a big birthday THE WAY I SEE IT: Power and corruption The great North Sea Flood of January 1953 The 1918 ‘Flu pandemic Thomas Hardy – looking back 90 years Those beloved...Looking at your Community (all articles) for January 2018
- Looking at the Community All in the month of December The Beveridge Report – 75 years on Silence for Her Majesty When Soap was King When Allenby took back Jerusalem In praise of The Nutcracker – a Christmas favourite Kyoto Protocol – 20 years on ** Editor: We continue our column that looks at...Looking at your Community (all articles) for December 2017
- Looking at the Community All in the month of November Enniskillen – the bomb that changed history True charity towards children ‘in need’ Remembering Forgotten Heroes When Elizabeth married Philip – 70 years ago The partition of Palestine Britain and Europe – the story goes back a long way ** Editor: We continue our...Looking at your Community (all articles) for November 2017
- All in the month of October 500 years on from the 95 Theses The courage of Grace Darling Remembering Lord Tennyson The BBC turns its attention to rural vicars The ‘must-have’ Christmas toys? Facebook a religion? Plastic-free, please Invisible police? ** Editor: We continue our column that looks at memorable dates in the...Looking at Your Community (all articles) for October 2017
- Looking at your Community (all articles) for September 2017
- Here you will find all the stories under this section.Looking at your Community (all articles) for August 2017
- Here you can download all of the articles under this section.Looking at your Community (all articles) for July 2017