by David West | Apr 18, 2026 | News
Lucrezia Borgia was born on the 18th of April, 1480, in Subiaco near Rome. I don’t know much about Lucrezia Borgia other than she was supposed to be rather inclined to poisoning. She predates Sir Anthony Standen so I haven’t previously researched her. She was the...
by David West | Apr 17, 2026 | News
The event which catches my eye for the 17th of April is the Bay of Pigs in 1961. The Bay of Pigs invasion, launched in April 1961, was one of the most dramatic and consequential episodes of the Cold War. Conceived in secrecy, driven by anti-communist urgency, and...
by David West | Apr 16, 2026 | News
Who is Harriet Quimby? If I tell you that on the 25th of July, 1909, Louis Bleriot became the first man to pilot an aeroplane across the English Channel, you’ll probably say “I knew that.” On the 16th of April, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot an...
by David West | Apr 15, 2026 | News
The Battle of Rain was fought on the 15th of April, 1632. I have written about the Miracle of the Rain so let’s delve into the Battle of Rain. Rain is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Lech, close to its confluence...
by David West | Apr 14, 2026 | Readers Club
Clouds Over Paris is the diary of Felix Hartlaub, a German lance corporal serving in Paris in late 1940. He had studied history at the University of Heidelberg then gained his doctorate at the University of Berlin. He was employed doing archival research for the...
