by David West | Oct 9, 2023 | News
I’ve written in Readers Club about my favourite book, The Last Enemy, by Richard Hillary. So perhaps it’s time to identify my favourite film. The shortlist would include Casablanca, The Battle of Britain, The High and the Mighty, In Which We Serve, Robin Hood Prince...
by David West | Sep 30, 2023 | News
On 30th September 1399 King Richard II’s abdication was read in parliament by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Henry IV replaced him. Whether the abdication was genuine or not is a matter of debate. Richard II’s reign was marred by political instability,...
by David West | Sep 27, 2023 | News
As I researched my last post on the Battle of Stamford Bridge, I was struck that King Harold, of Battle of Hastings fame, Harold Godwinson, was King Harold II. So who was King Harold I? He was Harold Harefoot, named after his hunting prowess. Harold Harefoot was the...
by David West | Sep 25, 2023 | News
King Harold II, Harold Godwinson, won the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25th September 1066. He defeated King Harald Hardrada of Norway and his own exiled brother, Tostig Godwinson. The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place during the tumultuous year of 1066, a period...
by David West | Sep 22, 2023 | News
On 22nd September 1598 the playwright, Ben Jonson appeared in court at Shoreditch indicted with the manslaughter of the actor Gabriel Spencer. Jonson was 26 years of age, and had shared a prison cell with Spencer the previous summer, when Jonson’s play, “The Isle of...
by David West | Sep 21, 2023 | News
I have found a connection between the first and third books of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, other than Sir Anthony, and myself, the author. The Battle of Arques was a significant military engagement that took place in September 1589, during the French Wars of...
