The Dickin Medal was awarded 54 times between 1943 and 1949, to 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a ship's cat.

“My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!” – Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave. Black History...

As a White Englishman, I have power and privilege simply due to the colour of my skin, and I won't pretend to know what it must be like...