The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 received royal assent on the 23rd of December, 1919. The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was landmark legislation in the United Kingdom that marked a profound shift in the legal recognition of women’s rights and...

The English Anarchy, which lasted from 1135 to 1153, was a turbulent period of civil war, political instability, and social upheaval in medieval England. It began with the death of King Henry I and ended with the Treaty of Wallingford, which paved the way for the...

I have made my selection for today’s post from the birthday section. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was one of the most influential figures in 19th-century British politics, celebrated both for his literary talents and his role as a two-time Prime Minister. He remains...

I have posted about the Falkland Islands before. I watched the Falklands Conflict of 1982 played out on the news, whilst studying at Oxford. I served in the Royal Naval Reserve with men who had served in that conflict. Claire and I visited the Falkland Isles in 2019....

On the 19th of December, 1783, William Pitt the Younger became the youngest Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the age of 24.  William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) was one of the most influential and remarkable figures in British political history. Born on 28 May...

On the 18th of December, 1118, King Alsonso I of Aragon seized the city of Zaragoza from the Almoravid. King Alfonso I of Aragon and Zaragoza, often styled Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre, and popularly known as Alfonso the Battler (c. 1073 – 1134), was one of the...

Wikipaedia tells me that the first account of a blood transfusion was published as a letter from the physician Richard Lower to the chemist Robert Boyle on the 17th of December, 1665, in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. I recently made my 16th...

On the 16th of December, 1773, members of the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbour in protest against the Tea Act. It was a direct protest against the British government’s attempts to assert greater control...

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 received royal assent on the 23rd of December, 1919. The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was landmark legislation in the United Kingdom that marked a profound shift in the legal recognition of women’s rights and...

The English Anarchy, which lasted from 1135 to 1153, was a turbulent period of civil war, political instability, and social upheaval in medieval England. It began with the death of King Henry I and ended with the Treaty of Wallingford, which paved the way for the...

I have made my selection for today’s post from the birthday section. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was one of the most influential figures in 19th-century British politics, celebrated both for his literary talents and his role as a two-time Prime Minister. He remains...

I have posted about the Falkland Islands before. I watched the Falklands Conflict of 1982 played out on the news, whilst studying at Oxford. I served in the Royal Naval Reserve with men who had served in that conflict. Claire and I visited the Falkland Isles in 2019....

On the 19th of December, 1783, William Pitt the Younger became the youngest Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the age of 24.  William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) was one of the most influential and remarkable figures in British political history. Born on 28 May...

On the 18th of December, 1118, King Alsonso I of Aragon seized the city of Zaragoza from the Almoravid. King Alfonso I of Aragon and Zaragoza, often styled Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre, and popularly known as Alfonso the Battler (c. 1073 – 1134), was one of the...

Wikipaedia tells me that the first account of a blood transfusion was published as a letter from the physician Richard Lower to the chemist Robert Boyle on the 17th of December, 1665, in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. I recently made my 16th...

On the 16th of December, 1773, members of the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbour in protest against the Tea Act. It was a direct protest against the British government’s attempts to assert greater control...