The Night of the Long Knives, which took place between the 30th of June and the 2nd of July, 1934, was a decisive and brutal purge carried out by Adolf Hitler to consolidate his power in Germany. Though often described as a single night, the violence extended over...

On the 29th of June, 2007, Apple released its first mobile phone, the iPhone. I have checked my CV and I was working for WSP on the new terminal for Delhi International Airport at that point. I probably had a company Nokia. I bought an iPad after being very impressed...

The two events which caught my eye for today’s post were Charles V being elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519 (because there’s a connection with my ancestor the Elizabethan spy, Sir Anthony Standen), and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. But I’ve already covered...

On the 27th of June, 1556, eleven men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, were burnt to death, the men tied to the stake, the women “allowed” to run freely in the flames. The Stratford Martyrs were a group of Protestant believers executed for heresy during the...

The first Grand Prix motor race was over the 26th and 27th of June 1906 on closed public roads outside the city of Les Mans. Officially known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, it marked a turning point in the development of motor racing, establishing many of the...

It’s not a weight loss programme. This is diet in the sense of mode of living, from the Greek diata. In particular, since in the Middle Ages living and religion were somewhat inseperable, it concerns the reformation. The Diet of Augsburg was one of the most...

The Battle of Sluys was fought on the 24th of June 1314. The English fleet, commanded personally by King Edward III, almost completely destroyed the French fleet. It took place off the coast of Flanders near the port of Sluys (modern-day Sluis in the Netherlands) and...

On the 23rd of June, 1940, Adolf Hitler went on a three hour tour of Paris with Albert Speer and Arno Breker. It was Hitler’s only visit to Paris. Albert Speer and Arno Breker were two of the most prominent cultural figures associated with the regime of Adolf Hitler...

The Empire Windrush occupies a central place in modern British history. Although it was originally just one passenger vessel among many travelling between the Caribbean and Britain, its arrival in 1948 came to symbolise the beginning of large-scale post-war migration...

The Night of the Long Knives, which took place between the 30th of June and the 2nd of July, 1934, was a decisive and brutal purge carried out by Adolf Hitler to consolidate his power in Germany. Though often described as a single night, the violence extended over...

On the 29th of June, 2007, Apple released its first mobile phone, the iPhone. I have checked my CV and I was working for WSP on the new terminal for Delhi International Airport at that point. I probably had a company Nokia. I bought an iPad after being very impressed...

The two events which caught my eye for today’s post were Charles V being elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519 (because there’s a connection with my ancestor the Elizabethan spy, Sir Anthony Standen), and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. But I’ve already covered...

On the 27th of June, 1556, eleven men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, were burnt to death, the men tied to the stake, the women “allowed” to run freely in the flames. The Stratford Martyrs were a group of Protestant believers executed for heresy during the...

The first Grand Prix motor race was over the 26th and 27th of June 1906 on closed public roads outside the city of Les Mans. Officially known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, it marked a turning point in the development of motor racing, establishing many of the...

It’s not a weight loss programme. This is diet in the sense of mode of living, from the Greek diata. In particular, since in the Middle Ages living and religion were somewhat inseperable, it concerns the reformation. The Diet of Augsburg was one of the most...

The Battle of Sluys was fought on the 24th of June 1314. The English fleet, commanded personally by King Edward III, almost completely destroyed the French fleet. It took place off the coast of Flanders near the port of Sluys (modern-day Sluis in the Netherlands) and...

On the 23rd of June, 1940, Adolf Hitler went on a three hour tour of Paris with Albert Speer and Arno Breker. It was Hitler’s only visit to Paris. Albert Speer and Arno Breker were two of the most prominent cultural figures associated with the regime of Adolf Hitler...

The Empire Windrush occupies a central place in modern British history. Although it was originally just one passenger vessel among many travelling between the Caribbean and Britain, its arrival in 1948 came to symbolise the beginning of large-scale post-war migration...