Christmas in the grips of the Spanish Flu: 1918 war-weary Britons faced a difficult decision

After spending three Christmases with little to celebrate during World World One, in 1918 the British people found themselves enduring a festive season under the constraints of a deadly pandemic, as could be compared to the world’s current covid-19 crisis. The Spanish Flu pandemic, which lasted from February 1918 to April 1920, infected a third … Read more