Posted on September 22, 2021
A Meal for Hungry Soldiers
The Boer War 1899 – 1902 The Boer War or the South African War dates from 1899 – 1902 and was fought...
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Posted on September 15, 2021
Ghosts in the Landscape
In reaction to the threat of invasion by Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940, Britain hastily constructed multiple series...
Posted on August 18, 2021
Boosting morale by delivering coffee and doughnuts to homesick troops!
Wherever the American soldiers went, ladies of the American Red Cross would follow… America joined the war effort in December...
Posted on July 20, 2021
A Students View
We were thrilled to have Luke, a student on work experience with us at Bodmin Keep last week. He worked...
Posted on May 12, 2021
Citizen Curator Insight: The Ghosts of Buildings and the Future
In this post, our valued member of the 2021 voluntary Citizen Curator programme, Runi Liverod, discusses his latest artwork (see above),...
Posted on April 30, 2021
Citizen Curator Insight: Oral Histories – The Smallest of Glimpses into a Myriad of Experiences
Read on to find out more about what it’s been like for Runi Liverod – our valued member of the 2021...
Posted on April 15, 2021
THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP: MY REFLECTIONS ON HOW WE ENGAGE WITH HOLOCAUST PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Over seventy-six years ago, on 15 April 1945, British forces, including the 5th battalion of the DCLI, liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration...
Posted on April 6, 2021
Citizen Curator Research: Eisenhower in Bodmin!
Did you know that General Dwight D. Eisenhower – US Army five-star general and Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary...
Posted on March 24, 2021
Join the Army? That’s Child’s Play! #2
In my last blog post I introduced a game called ‘From the Ranks to Field Marshal’. If you missed it,...
Posted on March 22, 2021
Join the Army? That’s Child’s Play!
As a Trainee Curator, one of the things I enjoy most is being able to get hands-on and work with...