by David West | Jul 4, 2025 | News
Durham University was founded by an Act of Parliament on the 4th of July, 1832, becoming England’s third university, six hundred years after Cambridge, and more than 700 years after Oxford. I have posted about my alma mater, Oxford, so let’s look at Durham today. The...
by David West | Jul 3, 2025 | News
On the 3rd of July, 1035, William the Bastard became the Duke of Normandy. William was born around 1028 in Falaise, Normandy. He was the illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva, a woman of modest origins. Due to his illegitimacy, William was often...
by David West | Jul 2, 2025 | News
The Battle of Marston Moor, fought on the 2nd of July 1644, was a decisive engagement during the English Civil War, pitting the Royalist forces of King Charles I against the combined armies of the Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters. This battle marked a turning...
by David West | Jul 1, 2025 | News
The First Battle of El Alamein, fought between 1st and 27th July 1942, marked a pivotal moment in the North African Campaign of the Second World War. Situated near the coastal town of El Alamein in Egypt, this battle saw the British Eighth Army, under the command of...
by David West | Jun 30, 2025 | News
On the 30th of June, 1688, the “Immortal Seven” signed and dispatched a letter to William III, Prince of Orange. The Immortal Seven were a group of influential English nobles and clergymen who played a pivotal role in the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution...
