It’s Derry again – with London and Liverpool, commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic
From the Dalai Lama to a “ VVIP” at the weekend, Londonderry is proving quite a venue, one of three for commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic this weekend. Good to see the UK City of Culture grafting this on to the programme and the recognition given to its role as a major port for the destroyer escorts of the convoys in and out of Liverpool and the Clyde. I recommend the absorbing selection of memoir writing on Derry in …