The blitz
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The BBC’s favourite fancy dresser focuses on six people who lived through the bombing campaign. Plus: Marcella nears its end. Here’s what to watch this evening
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Chris Riddell on the Westminster attack and the capital’s long history of resistance to terror
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As the 75th anniversary of the blitz – Germany’s sustained bombing campaign of the UK in the second world war – approaches, these beautiful and striking pictures show the famous bombsites, the tin helmets, the victory rolls and the carry-on spirit
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Collection forgotten for 50 years after building bombed in Blitz reopens to the public in January after refurbishment
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Robert McCrum applauds a fine account of how five writers responded to the blitz
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Millions of British city children were evacuated to safer places during the second world war. Some hated living away from their families – others didn't want to go home again
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Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 30 December 1940: British fighter aircraft were up over London during last night's raid on the capital
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Frank Keating: Serious bomb damage was suffered by League grounds all across England – and some of them were put to different uses at various stages of the conflict
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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Rare Tea Co founder Henrietta Lovell throws a tea party in central London's disused Aldwych tube station to honour the service of RAF veterans and evoke the spirit of the blitz
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Aldwych station, now closed, provided refuge to thousands of Britons who slept on the platforms and huddled on train tracks during the blitz. It is reopening for guided tours that offer a glimpse of the blitz experience
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Guided trip will allow people to see station, closed for last 16 years, where thousands took shelter from German bombs
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