Aragon troopship tragedy told by a survivor nurse
A nurse aboard the Aragon recounts the December 30 sinking in the Eastern Mediterranean after a torpedo strike. She describes the blast on the poop deck, the scramble to lifeboats, rescues of soldiers and crew, brave acts by engineers and orderlies, and the peril as destroyers and mines threatened the evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aragon
Mediterranean
R.A.M.O
Autifebelte
Majorsaid
T.E.D
Sinters
Surprising Intrusions at Downing Street Cabinet Meetings
The article recounts strict security at Downing Street for Cabinet meetings with police, double doors, and guarded entrances. It recalls incidents where intruders breached protections, including a typist asking about a teapot and a secretary opening doors during session, provoking laughter and debate.
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Downing Street
Cabinet
No. 10 Downing Street
Gladstone
A Luckless Secretary and Cabinet Secrets
A lucky secretary dismissed during Beaconsfield’s era refused appeal, then transfers. Arthur Balfour era saw secretive parliaments and leaks, including a journalist’s chase and a dinner ruse. The Weekly Telegraph notes a Salisbury cabinet intrusion episode with a carpenter’s bag and a startling breach of doors.
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Lord Salisbury
P Min
Thoughts on Marriage and Religion in a Modern World
A thinker muses on marriage as a chance encounter, two strangers agreeing to lifelong commitments despite ignorance. He questions building grand churches for people who ignore the present and fixate on the hereafter. He notes the clutter of titles as a distractor from reading.
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No. 10
London
Downing Street
Loncome
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Glasags
Allen Water
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Destor
Tommy
V.A.D
Lord Beacenfield
Tater On
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Arthur Balfour
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