I've had a lot of fun at the International Brigades Memorial events this weekend, but I left the buffet dinner fairly quickly (emailing apols to the lovely couple who were next to me) because of someone else on the table.How can someone call himself an internationalist and wear an International Brigade t-shirt, and be a Lexiter?
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Went to a lecture on Tom Wintringham and a music event by the International Brigades Memorial Association last night - excellent. More commemorative stuff today. It’s curious how nowadays the legacy of the Home Guard (in which my maternal grandfather served) is defined by the whimsy of Dad’s Army and not by its roots in the experience of ( Read more... )