Christmas gifts come by boat to isolated Romanian Danube Delta villages
CA Rosetti, Romania Reuters For the elderly living in remote villages in the Danube Delta, one of the world’s largest wetlands, winter is a time of isolation. This year, they are also struggling to cope with a shortage of firewood and rising food prices. So, days before Christmas, Romanian coast guard officers braced against icy […]
Essay: Presents from a princess – the mission to deliver 2.6 million Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors on the 1914 frontline
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER DOYLE, a professor at London South Bank University, looks at the history of a massive effort to get so-called “Princess Mary tins” to those fighting during World War I…