by David West | Mar 8, 2026 | News
On the 8th of March, 1844, the Althing, Iceland’s parliament, reopened after 45 years of closure. Judging by AI’s painting it seems to be a bit of an open-air affair. Hardy people the Icelanders, clearly. Wikipedia tells me that it is the oldest surviving parliament...
by David West | Mar 7, 2026 | News
On the 7th of March, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for his invention of the telephone. I haven’t always been a great fan of the telephone. I remember when I was a child, and my father was in hospital, answering the phone to be told that my father...
by David West | Mar 6, 2026 | News
On the 6th of March, 1323, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Paris is quite an important city, so as you might expect there have been dozens of treaties of Paris. I’ll just deal with the one signed on this day in 1323. It deals with Flanders, and whilst Flanders evokes...
by David West | Mar 5, 2026 | News
I posted recently about the inspiration for my work-in-progress, Cade’s Point, the sixth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. The theme is education and the conflict is with those who believe that education for the poor is evil. I am currently reading...
by David West | Mar 5, 2026 | News
Books. I have posted before about the censorship of Copernicus’s book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres on the 5th of March 1616. Fire and Earth, the second book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures explores the conflict between Faith and Reason. The Index...
