by David West | Nov 28, 2025 | News
The Royal Society, formally known as The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions in the world. It was founded in 1660 during a period of profound intellectual transformation often...
by David West | Nov 27, 2025 | News
On the 27th of November, 176 CE, Marcus Aurelius granted his son, Commodus, the rank of Imperator, and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions. I have written about Commodus before, and the Miracle of the Rain, but there must be more we can explore about...
by David West | Nov 26, 2025 | News
It was on the 26th of November, 1922, that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people in over 3,000 years to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 2013 Claire and I cruised the Nile and visited Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. In 2020 we visited the...
by David West | Nov 25, 2025 | News
Officially, the Cudgel War began in Ostrobothnia with an attack by peasants on Isokyrö’s church on the 25th of November 1596. The Cudgel War, also known as the Club War, was a peasant uprising that occurred in Finland between 1596 and 1597, during the period...
by David West | Nov 24, 2025 | News
Two events caught my attention for the 24th of November. One was the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. It profoundly shaped how we view genesis, with or without a capital G. But I have already posted about Darwin, so I chose Genghis...
