History Category
The Great Train Robbery
Bruce Reynolds (1931-2013) and Gordon Goody (1930-2016) masterminded the audacious Great Train Robbery, which took place on…
The Battle of Bannockburn
Of the many historic battles between the Scottish and English armies, the Battle of Bannockburn is the…
The Picts
Some colourful portrayals of the Picts can be found in attempts to elaborate on their place in…
Armistice Day
By September 1918, Germany realised it could not win the ‘Great War’ against the Allies and the…
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (849-99) was the grandfather of the first King of England and did much himself…
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815 finally crushed the self-styled French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt…
The Glorious Revolution
“And whereas it hath been found by experience that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare…
Amy Johnson, aviatrix
In the early days of aviation, Amy Johnson CBE (1903-41) was a typist working in London and…
King Edward VI, the boy king
Like his second cousin, Lady Jane Grey, King Edward VI was born in 1537 and both their…
Adventus Saxonum
Neighbours of the Angles, the Saxons’ own land, Old Saxony, was in north-east Germany. Their settlement of…
Cheddar Man
Richard Cox Gough (1826-1902) discovered the cave, now named Gough’s Cave, which yielded many human remains, including…
Feudalism
The feudal system prevailed in Britain between 800 and 1500, when a government with centralised control became…