Home Front

On this day in 1918, the Yorkshire coast was attacked by zeppelins, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole feels a bit put upon.

Written by Sarah Daniels

On this day in 1918, Businessmen's Week was said to have raised over £100m in war bonds, and in Folkestone, Alice's fortunes take a downturn.

Written by Sarah Daniels

On this day in 1918, the Bolsheviks became the Russian Communist Party and in Folkestone, Kitty isn't in a party mood.

Written by Sarah Daniels

On this day in 1918, Germany signed a peace treaty with Finland, and in Folkestone, Edie and Marion negotiate some unforeseen challenges.

Cast

Written by Sarah Daniels

On this day in 1918, news emerged that the last signed work of Bellini was destroyed in an Austrian raid on Venice, and in Folkestone, Adeline takes her art class out.

Written by Sarah Daniels

On this day in 1918, the post office stated in the Times that it accepted no liability for post lost due to enemy action, and in Folkestone, Sylvia receives a letter from her son.

Written by Sarah Daniels

Notes

And hand in hand with praise for women's femininity came the other side of the coin - a celebration of purely masculine men, with an inevitable condemnation of any femininity in men.

Season Thirteen of Home Front - A Woman's Place - is set back in Folkestone, which feels overrun with women, and where anxious pillars of the establishment are flustered by the proximity of all these women to all these men.

Women themselves are emboldened politically by the recent introduction of female suffrage, and suppressed in turn by various measures - including the draconian DORA 40D amendment empowering the police to detain and examine women suspected of giving venereal disease to members of His Majesty's Forces.

The action of Season 13 revolves around three households - Meadowthorpe (a utopian female household), The Old Rectory (a brothel) and Keepers Lodge (a home for unmarried mothers) - which are popularly taken to be much of a muchness.

Season 13 is story-led by Sarah Daniels, with episodes by Sarah, Lucy Catherine and Katie Hims.

On this day in 1918, it was reported that in Grimsby, a 70 year old former member of the Rifle Brigade had attempted to enlist, and in Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is still holding on to the past.

Home Front returns on 5 March with a new season set in Folkestone

Written by Katie Hims

On this day in 1918, the SS Birtley was sunk returning from Dunkirk, losing 18 crew, and in Tynemouth, old friends arrive seeking safety.

Written by Katie Hims

On this day in 1918, nearly all shipyards in the North East were at a standstill due to snow, hail and high winds, and in Tynemouth Alan Lowther is despondent.

Written by Katie Hims

On this day in 1918, Polar exploration ship the Aurora was officially declared missing, and at Collingwood Cressida Marshall remembers her late husband.

Written by Katie Hims