I hardly ever use cash these days. Partly that’s because I get rewards on my credit card, and partly it’s because I carry so many membership cards, loyalty cards, cards for paying for EV charging, that there isn’t room in a traditional wallet to fit them. I now have a...

Claire and I were married on the 9th of June 1990, but curiously Wikipedia doesn’t cover that. Also on this day in 68CE Emperor Nero died by suicide, but I’ve written about Nero. So I’ll go for Peter the Great who was born on this day in 1672. Peter was born in...

The mathematician, astronomer, and engineer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, war born on the 8th of June 1625. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) was one of the most important astronomers of the seventeenth century, a pivotal figure in the transformation of astronomy...

The Great Reform Act of England and Wales received royal assent on the 7th of June 1832. The Great Reform Act of 1832, formally known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, was one of the most significant constitutional changes in British history. It marked the...

The 6th of June 1944 was D-Day. I can’t believe I’m writing this, because I assumed that I’d written about it before, but it seems that I haven’t. I’ve written about D-Day+1 which was when my father landed at Arromanche. So let’s look into Operation Overlord....

On the 5th of June, 1916, the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire broke out. I have posted my review of Seven Pillars of Wisdom which gives a fascinating account of T.E. Lawrence’s role in the Arab Revolt. Let’s now take a wider view. It occured amid the upheaval...

On the 4th of June, 1525, villagers from Kent and Sussex rioted and occupied Bayham Abbey near Lamberhurst. I’m a Kentish man and haven’t been to Bayham Abbey or even heard about it. So, let’s discover. The Bayham Abbey riot of 1525 belongs to a shadowy corner of...

On the 3rd of June, 1941, the German army razed the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, and murdered 180 of its citizens. During the Battle of Crete resistance fighters had held advancing German troops for two days. The attrocity was German retribution. The small...

The Gordon Riots began on the 2nd of June 1780. The Gordon Riots were among the most destructive episodes of civil disorder in British history. Erupting in London, the riots began as a mass protest against Catholic emancipation but rapidly descended into days of...

I hardly ever use cash these days. Partly that’s because I get rewards on my credit card, and partly it’s because I carry so many membership cards, loyalty cards, cards for paying for EV charging, that there isn’t room in a traditional wallet to fit them. I now have a...

Claire and I were married on the 9th of June 1990, but curiously Wikipedia doesn’t cover that. Also on this day in 68CE Emperor Nero died by suicide, but I’ve written about Nero. So I’ll go for Peter the Great who was born on this day in 1672. Peter was born in...

The mathematician, astronomer, and engineer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, war born on the 8th of June 1625. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) was one of the most important astronomers of the seventeenth century, a pivotal figure in the transformation of astronomy...

The Great Reform Act of England and Wales received royal assent on the 7th of June 1832. The Great Reform Act of 1832, formally known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, was one of the most significant constitutional changes in British history. It marked the...

The 6th of June 1944 was D-Day. I can’t believe I’m writing this, because I assumed that I’d written about it before, but it seems that I haven’t. I’ve written about D-Day+1 which was when my father landed at Arromanche. So let’s look into Operation Overlord....

On the 5th of June, 1916, the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire broke out. I have posted my review of Seven Pillars of Wisdom which gives a fascinating account of T.E. Lawrence’s role in the Arab Revolt. Let’s now take a wider view. It occured amid the upheaval...

On the 4th of June, 1525, villagers from Kent and Sussex rioted and occupied Bayham Abbey near Lamberhurst. I’m a Kentish man and haven’t been to Bayham Abbey or even heard about it. So, let’s discover. The Bayham Abbey riot of 1525 belongs to a shadowy corner of...

On the 3rd of June, 1941, the German army razed the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, and murdered 180 of its citizens. During the Battle of Crete resistance fighters had held advancing German troops for two days. The attrocity was German retribution. The small...

The Gordon Riots began on the 2nd of June 1780. The Gordon Riots were among the most destructive episodes of civil disorder in British history. Erupting in London, the riots began as a mass protest against Catholic emancipation but rapidly descended into days of...