by David West | Mar 28, 2025 | News
My post yesterday was about the Solidarity movement in Poland, and the Cold War. The 28th of March, 1795, was an earlier significant day in the history of Poland. The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceased to exist and...
by David West | Mar 27, 2025 | News
On the 27th of March, 1981, the Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike. Twelve million workers left their jobs for four hours. It was the beginning of the end of the Cold War. The Solidarity movement in Poland stands as one of the pivotal forces in the...
by David West | Mar 26, 2025 | News
On the 26th of March, 1484, William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop’s Fables. The name Aesop is synonymous with moral tales and stories that have transcended generations, offering wisdom and insights into human nature. Although there is much debate around the...
by David West | Mar 25, 2025 | News
Percy Bysshe Shelley was sent down from the University of Oxford on the 25th of March, 1811, for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the most impactful figures of the Romantic era, continues to mesmerise readers with his...
by David West | Mar 24, 2025 | News
King James VI of Scotland was pronounced King James I of England and Ireland on the 24th of March 1603, upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I. I confess that I’m not a great fan of King James, since he sent my ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen, to the Tower of London...
by David West | Mar 23, 2025 | News
On the 23rd of March, 1801, Paul I was struck with a sword, strangled, then trampled to death in his bedroom. Tsar Paul I of Russia, often overshadowed by his more illustrious predecessors and successors, was a monarch whose short and tumultuous reign from 1796 to...
