From the blitz to Ukraine: has sheltering underground changed? – in pictures
A new exhibition contrasts the experience of those enduring the second world war in London with Ukrainians currently taking cover from Russian bombs
September 2023
Blitz firefighters’ wartime paintings to go on display in London churches
Initiative marks 300 years since death of Christopher Wren, many of whose churches were bombed in second world war
February 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Lucy Worsley is back and investigating the blitz
The BBC’s favourite fancy dresser focuses on six people who lived through the bombing campaign. Plus: Marcella nears its end. Here’s what to watch this evening
April 2017
Lissa Evans: how my novel about film-making was turned into a film
My wartime story, Their Finest Hour and a Half, has been adapted for the big screen – watching actors playing actors and a fake film crew being directed by a real one was surreal
March 2017
Observer comment cartoon
London, always defiant and determined – cartoon
Chris Riddell on the Westminster attack and the capital’s long history of resistance to terror
September 2015
From the Guardian archive
London's night of fires: the beginning of the blitz
Dave Hill on London
Blitz film: myths, realities and how London took it
Resilient cities
Blitzed, rebuilt and built again: what became of London's bomb sites?
The meticulously hand-coloured bomb damage maps of London – in pictures
July 2015
The blitz: rare colour photographs – in pictures
As the 75th anniversary of the blitz – Germany’s sustained bombing campaign of the UK in the second world war – approaches, these beautiful and striking pictures show the famous bombsites, the tin helmets, the victory rolls and the carry-on spirit
December 2014
London’s Guildhall reveals hidden gems among collection of 4,000 paintings
Collection forgotten for 50 years after building bombed in Blitz reopens to the public in January after refurbishment
January 2013
The Love-charm of Bombs by Lara Feigel – review
Robert McCrum applauds a fine account of how five writers responded to the blitz
March 2011
Children of the wartime evacuation
Millions of British city children were evacuated to safer places during the second world war. Some hated living away from their families – others didn't want to go home again
December 2010
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 30 December 1940: Night fighters in action over London
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 30 December 1940: British fighter aircraft were up over London during last night's raid on the capital
November 2010
Sportblog
Memories of the Blitz bombers and a damaging time for sport
Frank Keating
Frank Keating: Serious bomb damage was suffered by League grounds all across England – and some of them were put to different uses at various stages of the conflict
September 2010
Teacups raised to Battle of Britain heroes
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Rare Tea Co founder Henrietta Lovell throws a tea party in central London's disused Aldwych tube station to honour the service of RAF veterans and evoke the spirit of the blitz
London tube station opens for blitz tours
Aldwych station, now closed, provided refuge to thousands of Britons who slept on the platforms and huddled on train tracks during the blitz. It is reopening for guided tours that offer a glimpse of the blitz experience
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Blitz tours
Blitz tour offers glimpse of Aldwych tube station as bomb shelter
Unthinkable?
Unthinkable? Treating the second world war like any other
