by David West | Dec 25, 2024 | News
The choice of December 25th as the date for Christmas Day, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, is rooted in a combination of historical, theological, and cultural factors. While the exact date of Jesus’ birth is not recorded in the Bible, early Christians...
by David West | Dec 24, 2024 | News
On 24th December 1515 King Henry VIII appointed Thomas Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England. I’m really enjoying the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Wolsey was Thomas Cromwell’s mentor, and is often referred to. Thomas Wolsey (c. 1473-1530) was...
by David West | Dec 23, 2024 | News
I’ve posted about astronomy before, and here’s another one. On 23rd December 1690 John Flamsteed observed Uranus without realising that it he was the first to observe it. John Flamsteed (1646-1719) was an influential English astronomer, best known as the first...
by David West | Dec 22, 2024 | News
I have posted about inventors and inventions before. You may, like me, be sitting near a Christmas tree bedecked with baubles and a string or two of electric fairy lights. On the 22nd of December 1882 Thomas Edison created the first string of electric Christmas tree...
by David West | Dec 21, 2024 | News
On 21st December 1934 the French film Zouzou, starring Josephine Baker premiered in Paris. Josephine Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture. I have posted about her before, focusing on her work as a spy during World War II. Zouzou is a...
