Author: Margaret Ellison

BlitzSpirit: Beyond “Keep Calm” – the everyday courage found within London’s Anderson shelters. The air raid siren wails, a drawn-out, mournful cry that slices through the November night. Not a dramatic, Hollywood shriek, but a steady, insistent drone. For the Millers, crammed into their Anderson shelter in Bethnal Green, it’s just… Tuesday. Old Man Miller […]

BlitzSpirit: Facing the flames, one young Londoner bore witness to the city’s darkest hours. The air tasted of grit and smoke. Sixteen-year-old Arthur Phillips gripped the stirrup pump a little tighter, its metal cold against his numb fingers. Below, London burned. Not in a dramatic, Hollywood inferno, but a creeping, insidious destruction – houses gutted, […]