Author: Henry Ashworth

BlitzSpirit: How a spontaneous outpouring of thanks during lockdown mirrored – and diverged from – wartime displays of community. Imagine a spring evening, 1940. The drone of aircraft overhead is a near constant companion. News from the continent is grim. Yet, as a train pulls into a provincial station, something unexpected unfolds. People line the […]

BlitzSpirit: How a shared moment of recognition, then and now, reveals our enduring need for connection. The air raid siren’s wail had faded, replaced by the crackle of fires and the distant thud of falling masonry. But even amidst the devastation of a London blitz night, small kindnesses bloomed. Neighbours checking on neighbours, sharing cups […]

BlitzSpirit: Examining how a wartime mindset shaped Britain’s response to a 21st-century crisis. The clatter of milk bottles on doorsteps. Rainbows taped to windows. Thursday evenings echoing with the sound of applause. These weren’t scenes from 1940, but from the spring of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, a curious thing happened: Britain began […]