The National Trust was founded on the 12th of January, 1895. Claire and I are members of the National Trust as well as English Heritage. When we asked what the difference was, we were told that if it has a roof it’s probably National Trust. The photograph is of...

On the 11th of January, 1964, the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Luther Terry, M.D. published Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health. I was four years old. It would be another four years before my...

On the 10th of January, 1812, the steamboat New Orleans arrived in New Orleans 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh. It was the first steamboat to make the journey along the Ohio and Misissippi rivers. The New Orleans was a remarkable vessel that forever changed...

One of the problems of writing about historical events on this day is repeating yourself. I was going to write today about income tax, well we do have Rachel Reeve’s budget at the end of this month. Then I discovered that I did income tax last year. Sounds will opt...

On the 8th of January, 1297, François Grimaldi captured the Rock of Monaco. The Grimaldis trace their origins to the powerful Genoese aristocracy of the Middle Ages. They were originally a prominent Guelph family in Genoa, aligned with the papal faction against the...

On the 7th of January, 1940, during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, Finland’s outnumbered 9th Division stopped and decisively defeated the Soviet Union’s 163rd and 44th Rifle Divisions. The Battle of Raate Road, fought between the 1st and 7th of...

On the 6th of January, 1721, the Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble published its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians. Robert Walpole’s handling of the crisis was commended. The South Sea Bubble was one of the...

I have some writing progress to report. I have had my first article published in Red Herrings, the monthly newsletter of the Crime Writers’ Association. It’s a full-page article directly after the editor’s Happy New Year page. I wrote on the subject of finding the...

I have posted about my interest in aviation. On the 5th of January, 1941, Amy Johnson disappeared after bailing out of her aeroplane over the River Thames and was presumed dead. Amy Johnson, born on the 1st of July, 1903, in Kingston upon Hull, was one of Britain’s...

The National Trust was founded on the 12th of January, 1895. Claire and I are members of the National Trust as well as English Heritage. When we asked what the difference was, we were told that if it has a roof it’s probably National Trust. The photograph is of...

On the 11th of January, 1964, the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Luther Terry, M.D. published Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health. I was four years old. It would be another four years before my...

On the 10th of January, 1812, the steamboat New Orleans arrived in New Orleans 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh. It was the first steamboat to make the journey along the Ohio and Misissippi rivers. The New Orleans was a remarkable vessel that forever changed...

One of the problems of writing about historical events on this day is repeating yourself. I was going to write today about income tax, well we do have Rachel Reeve’s budget at the end of this month. Then I discovered that I did income tax last year. Sounds will opt...

On the 8th of January, 1297, François Grimaldi captured the Rock of Monaco. The Grimaldis trace their origins to the powerful Genoese aristocracy of the Middle Ages. They were originally a prominent Guelph family in Genoa, aligned with the papal faction against the...

On the 7th of January, 1940, during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, Finland’s outnumbered 9th Division stopped and decisively defeated the Soviet Union’s 163rd and 44th Rifle Divisions. The Battle of Raate Road, fought between the 1st and 7th of...

On the 6th of January, 1721, the Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble published its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians. Robert Walpole’s handling of the crisis was commended. The South Sea Bubble was one of the...

I have some writing progress to report. I have had my first article published in Red Herrings, the monthly newsletter of the Crime Writers’ Association. It’s a full-page article directly after the editor’s Happy New Year page. I wrote on the subject of finding the...

I have posted about my interest in aviation. On the 5th of January, 1941, Amy Johnson disappeared after bailing out of her aeroplane over the River Thames and was presumed dead. Amy Johnson, born on the 1st of July, 1903, in Kingston upon Hull, was one of Britain’s...