The Royal Society, formally known as The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions in the world. It was founded in 1660 during a period of profound intellectual transformation often...

On the 27th of November, 176 CE, Marcus Aurelius granted his son, Commodus, the rank of Imperator, and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions. I have written about Commodus before, and the Miracle of the Rain, but there must be more we can explore about...

It was on the 26th of November, 1922, that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people in over 3,000 years to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 2013 Claire and I cruised the Nile and visited Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. In 2020 we visited the...

Officially, the Cudgel War began in Ostrobothnia with an attack by peasants on Isokyrö's church on the 25th of November 1596. The Cudgel War, also known as the Club War, was a peasant uprising that occurred in Finland between 1596 and 1597, during the period when...

Two events caught my attention for the 24th of November. One was the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. It profoundly shaped how we view genesis, with or without a capital G. But I have already posted about Darwin, so I chose Genghis...

Wikipedia tells me that on the 23rd of November, 534 BC, Thespis of Icarius became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. This information comes to us via Aristotle.  Thespis of Icarius, also known simply as Thespis, is widely celebrated in the...

On the 22nd of November, 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was killed when Lieutenant Robert Maynard, commanding HMS Pearl, boarded Blackbeard’s ship.  Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is one of history’s most notorious pirates. His name became synonymous...

Ole Rømer On the 21st of November, 1676, Ole Rømer presented the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. Ole Rømer (1644–1710) was a Danish astronomer whose work in the late seventeenth century provided the first quantitative evidence that light travels...

I have some writing progress to report. I have finished the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. As you can tell from the illustration, I have changed the title from The Favourite Murder. That was Claire’s idea, a nod to King Lear. Whatever it’s called,...

The Royal Society, formally known as The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions in the world. It was founded in 1660 during a period of profound intellectual transformation often...

On the 27th of November, 176 CE, Marcus Aurelius granted his son, Commodus, the rank of Imperator, and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions. I have written about Commodus before, and the Miracle of the Rain, but there must be more we can explore about...

It was on the 26th of November, 1922, that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people in over 3,000 years to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 2013 Claire and I cruised the Nile and visited Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. In 2020 we visited the...

Officially, the Cudgel War began in Ostrobothnia with an attack by peasants on Isokyrö's church on the 25th of November 1596. The Cudgel War, also known as the Club War, was a peasant uprising that occurred in Finland between 1596 and 1597, during the period when...

Two events caught my attention for the 24th of November. One was the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. It profoundly shaped how we view genesis, with or without a capital G. But I have already posted about Darwin, so I chose Genghis...

Wikipedia tells me that on the 23rd of November, 534 BC, Thespis of Icarius became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. This information comes to us via Aristotle.  Thespis of Icarius, also known simply as Thespis, is widely celebrated in the...

On the 22nd of November, 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was killed when Lieutenant Robert Maynard, commanding HMS Pearl, boarded Blackbeard’s ship.  Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is one of history’s most notorious pirates. His name became synonymous...

Ole Rømer On the 21st of November, 1676, Ole Rømer presented the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. Ole Rømer (1644–1710) was a Danish astronomer whose work in the late seventeenth century provided the first quantitative evidence that light travels...

I have some writing progress to report. I have finished the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. As you can tell from the illustration, I have changed the title from The Favourite Murder. That was Claire’s idea, a nod to King Lear. Whatever it’s called,...