by David West | Jan 30, 2026 | News
On 13th November 1923, Adolf Hitler delivered a speech in Munich where he denounced what he referred to as the “November crime.” This term was used by Hitler and the Nazi Party to describe the events surrounding the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the...
by David West | Jan 30, 2026 | News
For the 30th of January I am drawn to two candidates for my post. They are Adolph Hitler, who took office as Chancellor of Germany on this day in 1933, and Richard Lawrence who in 1835 made the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States when...
by David West | Jan 29, 2026 | News
Usually I am spoilt for choice and I have to check that I haven’t written about the subject before. However the 29th of January offers me only two topics in the pre-1600 category. Sergios III came out of retirement to be elected pope from the deposed antipope...
by David West | Jan 28, 2026 | News
Looking for subjects to write about today, I can hardly believe that I am going to pass over the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in favour of Walter Arnold of East Peckham. Don’t tell my wife, Claire, or I’ll be in trouble. I’ll make it up to Jane...
by David West | Jan 27, 2026 | News
On the 27th of January, 1302, Dante Alighieri was condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence. Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321) is one of the towering figures of Western literature, a poet whose life of political turmoil, exile, and intellectual ambition gave rise to...
by David West | Jan 26, 2026 | News
The Battle of Ula was fought on the 26th of January, 1564, between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and (guess who) Russia. Guess who won, (spoiler alert) Lithuania. It was one of the most important Lithuanian victories over Tsardom of Muscovy in the sixteenth century....
