by David West | Mar 30, 2026 | News
Airey Neave On the 30th of March, 1979, Lieutenant Colonel Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave DSO OBE MC TD and Member of Parliament was assassinated in a car bomb attack at the House of Commons by the Irish National Liberation Army. I have mentioned Oxford University’s...
by David West | Mar 29, 2026 | News
On the 29th of March, 1867, Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the British North America Act which formally established Canada. The history of Canada is a long and layered story of Indigenous civilizations, European exploration and rivalry, colonial struggle, gradual...
by David West | Mar 28, 2026 | News
On the 28th of March, 1566, the foundation stone of Valletta was laid by Jean Parisot de Valette. I have only been to Malta once, and that was to learn to scuba dive in 1988. Jean Parisot de Valette (1494–1568) stands as one of the most formidable figures in the long...
by David West | Mar 27, 2026 | News
On the 27th of March, 1309, Pope Clement V imposed excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition on all commercial transactions with the city, following the seizure of Ferrara which was a papal fiefdom by Venice. Both Venice and Ferrara feature...
by David West | Mar 26, 2026 | News
On the 26th of March, 1169, Saladin became the emir of Egypt. Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb—known in the West as Saladin—was one of the most remarkable figures of the medieval world. A soldier, statesman, and devout Muslim, he became the great champion of Islam during...
