by David West | Jan 29, 2025 | News
On This Day tells me that on 29th January 1595 William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was first performed. It was published in early 1597. Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. It is a tragic love story that explores themes of love,...
by David West | Jan 28, 2025 | News
On the 28th of January 1547 Edward succeeded his father, Henry VIII, as King Edward VI. It’s another way of saying that Henry VIII died on 28th January 1547. King Edward VI of England, born on October 12, 1537, was the son of Henry’s third wife Jane Seymour. His...
by David West | Jan 27, 2025 | News
The On This Day website spoils me with choice for 27th January. King Charles I was found guilty and sentenced to beheading in 1649. King James VI had a Scottish schoolmaster Dr John Fian burned for witchcraft in 1591, and the Vatican opened a blasphemy and theological...
by David West | Jan 26, 2025 | News
On This Day tells me that on the 26th of January 1784 Benjamin Franklin expressed his unhappiness over the choice of the eagle as the symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin expressed his dissatisfaction with the bald eagle as America’s national emblem primarily...
by David West | Jan 25, 2025 | Readers Club
I met Rosemary at the Dartmouth Book Festival. I have just finished reading her book, and heartily commend it. The woman of noble wit in question is Katherine Raleigh née Champernowne, mother of Sir Walter Raleigh, amongst many others. The story starts gently, not at...
