How To Convince People To Volunteer: Joining Up In WWI

From J. Draper. Uniform by Larger Than Life Stagewear: http://www.largerthanlifestagewear.co.uk You can support the channel on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/jdraperlondon You can book me for real–life tours! Find out about that here: www.jdraper.co.uk/private-tours and here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/j-draper-33872359307 You can find me on the clock app here: www.tiktok.com/@jdraperlondon Sources and further reading: My favourite primer on the First…

Debunking Boomer Memes

From J. Draper. Gen X aren’t off the hook with this, either- I found loads of similar memes about the 1970s and 1980s, and even some old boomer ones that just have the dates filed off. However, I am happy to report that normally, when stuff like this gets posted on the UK nostalgia Facebook…

The Canterbury Tales, or, How Technology Changes The Way We Speak: The London History Show

From J. Draper. You can support the channel on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/jdraperlondon You can book me for real–life tours! Find out about that here: www.jdraper.co.uk/private-tours and here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/j-draper-33872359307 You can find me on the clock app here: www.tiktok.com/@jdraperlondon Sources and further reading: British Library accents and dialects archive: https://tinyurl.com/3zz66jam McGillivray, M. 2013. Canterbury Tales 1…

Things To Do In London For Under £10: Mayfield Lavender

From J. Draper. Accessibility: There was a group of wheelchair users at the field during my visit, so it is definitely accessible up to a point. Wheelchair users can definitely get to the cafe, and non-motorised chairs will probably fit between the rows of flowers. They did have a loo that billed itself as accessible,…