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THE THAMES THROUGH TIME<br />
A photographic journey 150<br />
years into the past<br />
Author Stephen Croad Publisher Batsford<br />
Price £20 Released 8 September 2016<br />
Horse-drawn carts<br />
clattering along<br />
the Old London<br />
Bridge, miststrewn<br />
scenes of<br />
Dickensian coal wharf,<br />
and the unforgettable<br />
hat-clad, parasol-toting<br />
supporters gathering to watch the University Boat<br />
Race in 1870. These are just some of the 200 sights<br />
to see inside this beautifully presented hardback – a<br />
compilation of photographs from the last 150 years<br />
that capture the ebb and flow of the Thames. It<br />
was collated by Stephen Croad, the former head of<br />
the architectural record at the National Monuments<br />
Board, which was set up to protect our history from<br />
the threat of aerial bombing in WWII. The fact that<br />
it can produce treasures like this tome stands as a<br />
testament to the range of material on the capital<br />
that has been preserved for generations.<br />
THE SOMME 1916 – FROM<br />
BOTH SIDES OF THE WIRE<br />
Shattering truths and wartime myths collide<br />
Creator Peter Barton Distributor Spirit Entertainment Limited<br />
Presenter Peter Barton Released Out now<br />
On 1 July 1916, one of the<br />
World War I’s bloodiest<br />
conflicts took place. The<br />
Battle of the Somme<br />
resulted in the death or<br />
injury of more than 1 million<br />
men. It’s a story that is well<br />
known and oft repeated, but how<br />
much of what we know is true?<br />
Military historian and battlefield archaeologist<br />
Peter Barton proved an amiable and suitably<br />
characterful presence in BBC 2’s major new threepart<br />
documentary. Whether visiting the archives or<br />
striding over the battlefield in a show-stopping hat,<br />
there was no doubt we were in safe hands.<br />
Over three hours, Barton set out to separate the<br />
truth of the Somme from the legend with the help<br />
of a long-sealed archive of German military papers.<br />
In a refreshing and unique twist, Barton told the<br />
story not only from the British perspective, but from<br />
that of Germany’s soldiers too.<br />
Barton managed the difficult feat of being both<br />
authoritative and accessible with consummate ease,<br />
clearly establishing not only the careful planning of<br />
the German commanders, but the mistakes of the<br />
British. Meanwhile, his dissection of the aftermath<br />
brought home the cost of the battle from the highest<br />
general to the lowliest Tommy. Original letters and<br />
papers laid bare the shattering experience of the<br />
Somme while film footage captured men laughing<br />
on their way to war, little able to imagine the fate<br />
that awaited them.<br />
In a year that has not been short on programmes<br />
that commemorated the battle, The Somme 1916:<br />
From Both Sides Of The Wire stands out. You may<br />
think, after 100 years, that there is nothing left to<br />
tell about this fascinating subject; this three-part<br />
series might just change your mind.<br />
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