by David West | Jun 9, 2026 | News
I hardly ever use cash these days. Partly that’s because I get rewards on my credit card, and partly it’s because I carry so many membership cards, loyalty cards, cards for paying for EV charging, that there isn’t room in a traditional wallet to fit them. I now have a...
by David West | Jun 9, 2026 | News
Claire and I were married on the 9th of June 1990, but curiously Wikipedia doesn’t cover that. Also on this day in 68CE Emperor Nero died by suicide, but I’ve written about Nero. So I’ll go for Peter the Great who was born on this day in 1672. Peter was born in...
by David West | Jun 8, 2026 | News
The mathematician, astronomer, and engineer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, war born on the 8th of June 1625. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) was one of the most important astronomers of the seventeenth century, a pivotal figure in the transformation of astronomy...
by David West | Jun 7, 2026 | News
The Great Reform Act of England and Wales received royal assent on the 7th of June 1832. The Great Reform Act of 1832, formally known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, was one of the most significant constitutional changes in British history. It marked the...
by David West | Jun 6, 2026 | News
The 6th of June 1944 was D-Day. I can’t believe I’m writing this, because I assumed that I’d written about it before, but it seems that I haven’t. I’ve written about D-Day+1 which was when my father landed at Arromanche. So let’s look into Operation Overlord....
by David West | Jun 5, 2026 | News
On the 5th of June, 1916, the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire broke out. I have posted my review of Seven Pillars of Wisdom which gives a fascinating account of T.E. Lawrence’s role in the Arab Revolt. Let’s now take a wider view. It occured amid the upheaval...
