Storyvault News

ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR ONE

posted at: 2013-03-25 15:02:50 by The StoryVault Team

In the next few months, we will begin to see books and TV programmes marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.  We already have on StoryVault some memories from the wonderful Hen

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Thank you to contributors

posted at: 2013-03-13 18:39:59 by Naqib Qazi

A big thank you to the organisations such as DHE Solutions and Frontline HRD who have uploaded a

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TORTURE IN BAHRAIN

posted at: 2013-02-11 09:29:34 by The StoryVault Team

Thank you to the people who have told their stories about their recent arrest and ill-treatment in Bahrain.  Torture and ill-treatment have been identified and criticised by a number of bodies

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EXTRAORDINARY TALES OF HEROISM

posted at: 2012-12-24 17:22:46 by The StoryVault Team

It's marvellous to have a new interview on the site from Martyn Cox.  Martyn has spent many years travelling all over Britain and France at his own expense to collect the memories of a group o

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CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

posted at: 2012-12-18 10:05:55 by The StoryVault Team

We have stories on StoryVault of what it was like at Christmas if you were growing up in the north-east of England shortly after World War 2, and also an account of some traditions of celebrating C

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THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN........

posted at: 2012-11-26 08:32:11 by The StoryVault Team

........what StoryVault demonstrates time and time again is that history doesn't exactly repeat itself - but it certainly rhymes.  The recent news about floods in the south-west and moving nor

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OBAMA INAUGURATION - can it be that time already?

posted at: 2012-11-06 12:40:36 by The StoryVault Team

Yes, it seems only five minutes since the world woke up in hope to the news that the United States of America had elected the first ever black President.  Yet it's actually four years, and her

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TRIBUTE TO ONE OF "THE FEW" - A GREAT HERO, AND A GREAT CHARACTER

posted at: 2012-10-23 05:31:53 by The StoryVault Team

Sad news of the passing of William Walker, who was the oldest surviving Spitfire pilot from World War Two.  He was 99 years old, and last year published a book of poetry!   William g

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SECRETS OF THE CONQUEROR

posted at: 2012-10-19 16:42:08 by The StoryVault Team

This is the title of a new book by StoryVault.com co-founder Stuart Prebble in which he solves a 30 year old mystery originating in the Falklands War.  The mystery surrounds the sinking of the

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THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS

posted at: 2012-10-13 05:14:21 by The StoryVault Team

The enormous success of Ben Macintyre's terrific book, OPERATION MINCEMEAT is a reminder that we have the compelling account of the original story as told by one of the wonderful women who were the

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