Volume 54 Issue 8 August 2004

A Titian for the National Gallery

The Director of the National Gallery, Sir Edward Poynter, acquired Titian's 'Man with a Quilted Sleeve' for the museum on August 14th, 1904.

Troop Withdrawals from Korea

It was not until a year after the armistice that the remaining American divisions were withdrawn from Korea, on August 18th, 1954.

An Officer on the Western Front

Anthony Fletcher reads his grandfather’s correspondence from the Western Front to see how he maintained morale and developed his leadership.