by David West | Mar 1, 2026 | News
On the 1st of March, 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as the world’s first national park. Yellowstone National Park is one of the world’s most celebrated natural landscapes and holds a unique place in environmental history as the first national park...
by David West | Feb 28, 2026 | News
On the 28th of February, 1525, the Aztec King Cuauhtémoc was executed on the order of the conquistador Hernán Cortés. I have written about the Inca people of South America, so lets have a look at the Aztec people, who referred to themselves as the Mexica and created...
by David West | Feb 27, 2026 | News
Are we obsessed with murder? Well this month’s Red Herrings, the bulletin of the Crime Writers’ Association seems to think so. In an article by Connie Berry she suggests that the British mystery is one in which a seemingly impossible crime, usually a murder, occurs in...
by David West | Feb 27, 2026 | News
On the 27th of February, well, I fear I’m running out of history. King Henry IV of France was crowned, but I’ve covered him. Lord Byron gave his first address to the House of Lords, but I’ve covered him too. I could go on, but thankfully in 1900 the Labour Party was...
by David West | Feb 26, 2026 | News
On the 26th of February, 1995, the UK’s oldest investment bank, Barings, collapsed after the rogue securities broker, Nick Leeson, lost $1.4 billion speculating on futures contracts using the Singapore International Monetary Exchange. The collapse of Barings Bank in...
