Initially, the purchase of bacon, butter and sugar was limited and distributed via the ration book. Rationing was then extended to include meat, jam, biscuits, breakfast cereals, dairy products ...
To keep track, everyone was issued with a ration book of coupons that their local shopkeeper would cross out each timethey bought something. Some foods weren't rationed such as fish, fruit and ...
The health of Britain's increasingly overweight children would be improved if they were put on a World War Two ration book diet, according to a new study. Today's eight-year-olds consume on ...
Tom Yuen says he was drawn to the panel, which feels like a "handshake through history" A teenager's account of the difficulties of post-war life has been found hidden in a door panel that was ...
George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. By A.O ...
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see. By The Learning Network A 14-year-old started a donation drive to ...
Susheel Gajwani’s memoir, the first record of a refugee camp near Kolhapur, captures the resilience, struggles, and identity of Sindhi Hindus displaced from their homeland ...
Lonchar, of Overbrook Point, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Jan. 23. Described as a vibrant and fiercely independent woman, Lonchar was born in her grandmother’s house in ...