by David West | Aug 30, 2023 | News
My trawl through todays historical events has thrown up a coincidence. On the 30th August 1146 it is said that European leaders banned the crossbow. I confess that I am yet to find authoritative confirmation of this date. In 1139 the Second Council of the Lateran,...
by David West | Aug 29, 2023 | News
According to Hoyle is a phrase I remember from childhood. On Sundays my father played golf, followed by poker at the card table in the clubhouse. According to the Oxford English Dictionary according to Hoyle means according to plan or the rules. The impression I had...
by David West | Aug 28, 2023 | News
King William IV, signed royal assent of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 on 28th August of that year. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 was a landmark legislation that marked a significant turning point in the fight against slavery in the British Empire. The act finally...
by David West | Aug 25, 2023 | News
Today I’m compelled to write about the creative writing process. I’ve reached quite an exciting phase in writing my fifth novel. Yesterday scenes were playing out in my mind like scenes in a film. Now I know that I can write it. Of course it’s taken a lot of hard work...
by David West | Aug 24, 2023 | News
On 24th August 1215 Pope Innocent III declared that Magna Carta was invalid He berated the barons that ‘by such violence and fear as might affect the most courageous of men’, they had forced John to accept an agreement ‘illegal, unjust, harmful to royal rights and...
