by David West | Jan 7, 2026 | News
On the 7th of January, 1940, during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, Finland’s outnumbered 9th Division stopped and decisively defeated the Soviet Union’s 163rd and 44th Rifle Divisions. The Battle of Raate Road, fought between the 1st and 7th of...
by David West | Jan 6, 2026 | News
On the 6th of January, 1721, the Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble published its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians. Robert Walpole’s handling of the crisis was commended. The South Sea Bubble was one of the...
by David West | Jan 5, 2026 | News
I have some writing progress to report. I have had my first article published in Red Herrings, the monthly newsletter of the Crime Writers’ Association. It’s a full-page article directly after the editor’s Happy New Year page. I wrote on the subject of finding the...
by David West | Jan 5, 2026 | News
I have posted about my interest in aviation. On the 5th of January, 1941, Amy Johnson disappeared after bailing out of her aeroplane over the River Thames and was presumed dead. Amy Johnson, born on the 1st of July, 1903, in Kingston upon Hull, was one of Britain’s...
by David West | Jan 4, 2026 | News
On the 4th of January, 1853, after having been kidnapped and sold into slavery, Solomon Northup regained his freedom. His memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, became a bestseller. Northup was born in July 1808 in Minerva, New York, into a free Black family. His father,...
