Opinions

Editorial perspectives on military heritage policy, the cultural memory of the wartime defensive effort, and the questions about how we should treat this particular vernacular heritage going forward.

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Opinions

On What the Pillboxes Tell Us That We Should Not Forget

The pillboxes of Somerset and the broader 1940 defensive heritage tell us specific things about what we did, what we prepared for,…

Geoffrey Hartfield May 9, 2026 10 min read

Opinions

On the Particular Quietness of Documenting What Did Not Happen

The vernacular military heritage of 1940 documents a defensive effort that was never tested. Engaging with it is a particular kind of…

Geoffrey Hartfield May 9, 2026 8 min read