The Tehran Conference, code-named Eureka, was a meeting, in November-December 1943, of 'the Big Three' Allied leaders: Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. #History #YaltaConference #TehranConference #PotsdamConference #Allies #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WinstonChurchill #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-26480-en/

Shocking Life. The Autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli

Most cleverly the V&A began some years ago to bring out new editions of memoirs by figures from the fashion world. I had no idea about this at the time, which is silly because that was my business, but I wasn't looking for contemporaneous memoirs. I snapped up Shocking Life in a museum shop last year, much impressed by its excellent design and lovely new cover art entirely in the spirit of Schiap herself. Schiap is what she called herself in the third person, and it is a feature of this 1954 […]

https://katemacdonald.net/2026/06/16/shocking-life-the-autobiography-of-elsa-schiaparelli/

Supermarine Walrus New Zealand Service https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/supermarine-walrus-new-zealand-service/ #Aeroplane, #AirSeaRescue, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Amphibian, #Aviation, #Biplane, #RescuePlane, #RNZAF, #RNZN, #RoyalNewZealandAirForce, #RoyalNewZealandNavy, #SecondWorldWar, #SupermarineWalrus, #WorldWarTwo, #WW2, #WWII

Supermarine Walrus French Service https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/supermarine-walrus-french-service/ #Aeroplane, #AirSeaRescue, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Amphibian, #Aviation, #Biplane, #FrenchAirForce, #FrenchNavy, #RescuePlane, #SecondWorldWar, #SupermarineWalrus, #WorldWarTwo, #WW2, #WWII

#173 - https://boxd.it/H5i #2026MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #Documentary #Movies #SecondWorldWar Excellent doc for the time.

More than 300,000 Canadian mothers were forced to give up their babies. They are waiting for an apology
More than 300,000 unwed Canadian women were forced to give up their babies in the decades after the Second World War. Though many of these forcible adoptions happened in religious maternity homes that received public funding, the federal government has yet to offer a formal apology.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/mothers-forced-adoptions-apology-9.7230263?cmp=rss

More than 300,000 Canadian mothers were forced to give up their babies. They are waiting for an apology
More than 300,000 unwed Canadian women were forced to give up their babies in the decades after the Second World War. Though many of these forcible adoptions happened in religious maternity homes that received public funding, the federal government has yet to offer a formal apology.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/mothers-forced-adoptions-apology-9.7230263?cmp=rss

More than 300,000 Canadian mothers were forced to give up their babies. They are waiting for an apology
More than 300,000 unwed Canadian women were forced to give up their babies in the decades after the Second World War. Though many of these forcible adoptions happened in religious maternity homes that received public funding, the federal government has yet to offer a formal apology.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/mothers-forced-adoptions-apology-9.7230263?cmp=rss

#172 - https://boxd.it/dS1s #2026MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #Drama #SecondWorldWar #Movies Not much action, more blah blah blah.