pferguson | August 3, 2014
An Online Exhibit for Every Day of the Great War Marking 100 Years Distant Yesterday Theirs’ was a distant yesterday. These men and women who joined the campaign that took them to far and distant places. Towns and villages that would become all too familiar to other towns and villages as a timeline of chaos […]
pferguson | January 1, 2013
THE NONCHALANT PIPER The pipers of the 16th Battalion C.E.F. received several awards for gallantry during the Great War. These awards included the posthumous Victoria Cross to Piper James Cleland Richardson as well as seven other pipers being awarded the Military Medal. In addition, Pipe Major James Groat received the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the […]
pferguson | February 3, 2012
Forgotten Landscapes of Calling The popularity of the PBS series Downton Abbey has been much discussed by historians and critics. Despite the criticisms, the audience remains eager for the next episode, engaging with others about the latest plots and subplots. As the second series has moved into the experiences of the Great War, at home […]
pferguson | February 27, 2011
The Ones That Went Before The King’s Speech has been an important film, allowing David Seidler, whose hero was the King, put pen to paper because they shared a struggle with words. And yet the man who brought these words to the film, and given the King his voice to us from the pages of […]
