British war graves staff working in France and Belgium tending to the resting places of soldiers killed during both World Wars are reportedly facing a 50% pay cut due to Brexit. The unsung heroes have expressed their outrage after they were reportedly told they must face a pay cut or return to the UK. The … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE WELL-GARDENED MIND by Sue Stuart-Smith (William Collins £20, 352pp) Back in 1915 Alexander Douglas Gillespie, an officer with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, wrote a letter home from the battlefields of Northern France. He told how ‘a big shell suddenly swooped down from nowhere into the trench, killing five and … Read more
Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation and pass a coronavirus test before each three-week shift begins. The monarch, 94, went into self-isolation at the Berkshire estate nine weeks ago alongside her husband Prince Philip, 98, who moved from Sandringham amid the pandemic. They are joined … Read more