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100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: ‘As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen’
100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: ‘As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen’
Dorothea Barron, 100, is one of the few surviving Wrens who served during World War II. To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Big Issue went to meet her
It’s 80 years since VE Day and Europe may be free – but we’re losing a war with poverty
It’s 80 years since VE Day and Europe may be free – but we’re losing a war with poverty
William Beveridge wrote the blueprint for elevating people out of poverty and squalor. But eight decades on, poverty is more entrenched than ever
How bringing back Churchill’s wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
How bringing back Churchill’s wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
During World War II, the public canteens set up by Winston Churchill became an integral part of British life. Now, in our modern age of social disconnection, it could be time to bring them back