Tag Archives: 4th August 2014

LIGHTS OUT IN LONDON – BELLA’S BREAD PUDDING

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'The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime' - wartime British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, on the eve of war

‘The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime’ – wartime British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, on the eve of war

On the evening of 4th August I had come home from work in London only to grab my camera, a quick bite to eat, and then to go all the way back. Yes, on this evening I went to Westminster to see the lights go out – one of the main commemorations to mark 100 years since Britain’s entry into the war that changed the world. Continue reading →

FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY – BELLA’S WAR-TIME PIE

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'We cannot say with what eyes posterity will regard this museum nor what ideas it will rouse in their minds' - King George V opening the Imperial War Museum on 9th June 1920

‘We cannot say with what eyes posterity will regard this museum nor what ideas it will rouse in their minds’ – King George V opening the Imperial War Museum on 9th June 1920

On the morning of Saturday 19th July, having slept through my alarm, I scrambled out of bed to rush to the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, south London, which was reopening to the public after months of refurbishment. It reopens with the new First World War Galleries to coincide with the centenary. Continue reading →