6 d. ago Son reunited with hero dad's WW2 documents hidden in old desk

Martin Reid purchased the desk at auction four years ago but only discovered the folder of documents recently when he was moving furniture and discovered them behind a drawer that had been stuck.

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6 d. ago Man reunited with father’s wartime documents found hidden in desk drawer

The papers belonging to the late Ian Rodger, from Glasgow, were found in a desk bought at auction by Martin Reid.

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1 week ago Marcel Ophuls: the unflinching chronicler of France’s suppressed wartime shame

The Sorrow and the Pity punched a hole through France’s self-excusing myths and saw something nastier, shabbier, more political and more human• Marcel Ophuls dies aged 97The last great voice of wartime European cinema has gone with the death of documentary film-maker Marcel Ophuls, son of director Max Ophuls; he was born in Germany, fled to France with the rise of Hitler, fled again to the US with the Nazi invasion and then returned to France after the war. He therefore had an almost ideal background for a nuanced, detached perspective on the impossibly (and enduringly) painful subject of French collaboration with the Nazis during the second world war.This was the basis of his four-and-a-half hour masterpiece The Sorrow and the Pity from 1969, commissioned by French TV (which refused to screen it); however, it gained an Oscar nomination and its international reputation grew from there. The film was in two parts, The Collapse, about the invasion, and The Choice, about the factional s...

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1 week ago Marcel Ophuls was the unflinching chronicler of France’s suppressed wartime shame

The Sorrow and the Pity punched a hole through France’s self-excusing myths and saw something nastier, shabbier, more political and more human• Marcel Ophuls dies aged 97The last great voice of wartime European cinema has gone with the death of documentary film-maker Marcel Ophuls, son of director Max Ophuls; he was born in Germany, fled to France with the rise of Hitler, fled again to the US with the Nazi invasion and then returned to France after the war. He therefore had an almost ideal background for a nuanced, detached perspective on the impossibly (and enduringly) painful subject of French collaboration with the Nazis during the second world war.This was the basis of his four-and-a-half hour masterpiece The Sorrow and the Pity from 1969, commissioned by French TV (which refused to screen it); however, it gained an Oscar nomination and its international reputation grew from there. The film was in two parts, The Collapse, about the invasion, and The Choice, about the factional s...

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2 w. ago British teen 'drug mule' locked up in a horror Georgia jail 'is finally reunited with her father' after he jetted to the ex

Bella Culley, 18, was arrested after she allegedly tried to smuggle 14kg of cannabis into the country earlier this month.

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3 w. ago I lived with the pain of estrangement from my dad for 25 years and the nightmare conclusion still haunts me to this day. Don't take your miserable family feud to the grave, Charles: ROB MCGIBBON

I can't help wincing over Prince Harry's efforts to reunite with his father. This month, he spoke of his longing to make up with his family and his fear that time might be running out due to Charles's health.

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3 w. ago Lanark man discovers World War II documents hidden in antique desk

The photos, maps and letters belonging to Captain Ian Rodger were unearthed as the 80th anniversary of VE Day was commemorated.

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3 w. ago Miley Cyrus reveals she made ‘peace’ with her father Billy Ray after public estrangement rumors

The ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer turned to Instagram on Saturday to, as she said, ‘comment on rumors’

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3 w. ago Miley Cyrus reunites with estranged dad Billy Ray amid family feud after mom Tish 'unfollowed' her

Miley Cyrus has reunited with her estranged father Billy Ray as they brushed aside rumors of 'family drama' to pose for a sweet Instagram snap on Friday.

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