I’m currently reading The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. I posted about A Legacy of Spies some time ago, and I finally decided that it was time to read all of John Le Carré’s Smiley series in order. So it seems appropriate that today’s post should be about the Berlin...

Wikipedia tells me that it was on the 28th of September,1928, that Alexander Fleming noticed a mould growing in his laboratory that was killing bacteria. Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist born on the 6th August 1881 in Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland,...

During my career as a civil engineer I worked on a number of railway projects including the London, Tilbury, and Southend Resignalling Project, Great Western Renaissance, HS2, and London’s Elizabeth Line. Hence my pick for today’s historical event. The Stockton and...

On the 26th of September, 1905, Albert Einstein published the third of his Annus Mirabilis Papers. The third paper introduced his theory of special relativity. Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity revolutionised our understanding of space, time, and motion....

The Peace of Augsburg, signed on the 25th of September, 1555, was a pivotal treaty within the Holy Roman Empire that sought to quell the religious tensions that had simmered and erupted since the onset of the Protestant Reformation. This accord, agreed upon by Charles...

On the 24th of September, 787, the Second Council of Nicaea assembled at the church of Hagia Sophia. The Second Council of Nicaea addressed the iconoclast controversy that had deeply divided the Byzantine Empire. Iconoclasm, the rejection and destruction of religious...

I’ve posted about South America a few times, such as Rio de Janeiro and Inca Gold, and here we go again. On the 23rd of September, 1973, a general election in Argentina returned Juan Perón to the presidency for the third time. He was certainly very popular, and for...

On the 22nd of September, 1359, an Aragonese cavalry force defeated a superior Castilian cavalry force at the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters. The War of the Two Peters, fought between 1356 and 1375, was a protracted conflict that embroiled the...

I’m currently reading The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. I posted about A Legacy of Spies some time ago, and I finally decided that it was time to read all of John Le Carré’s Smiley series in order. So it seems appropriate that today’s post should be about the Berlin...

Wikipedia tells me that it was on the 28th of September,1928, that Alexander Fleming noticed a mould growing in his laboratory that was killing bacteria. Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist born on the 6th August 1881 in Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland,...

During my career as a civil engineer I worked on a number of railway projects including the London, Tilbury, and Southend Resignalling Project, Great Western Renaissance, HS2, and London’s Elizabeth Line. Hence my pick for today’s historical event. The Stockton and...

On the 26th of September, 1905, Albert Einstein published the third of his Annus Mirabilis Papers. The third paper introduced his theory of special relativity. Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity revolutionised our understanding of space, time, and motion....

The Peace of Augsburg, signed on the 25th of September, 1555, was a pivotal treaty within the Holy Roman Empire that sought to quell the religious tensions that had simmered and erupted since the onset of the Protestant Reformation. This accord, agreed upon by Charles...

On the 24th of September, 787, the Second Council of Nicaea assembled at the church of Hagia Sophia. The Second Council of Nicaea addressed the iconoclast controversy that had deeply divided the Byzantine Empire. Iconoclasm, the rejection and destruction of religious...

I’ve posted about South America a few times, such as Rio de Janeiro and Inca Gold, and here we go again. On the 23rd of September, 1973, a general election in Argentina returned Juan Perón to the presidency for the third time. He was certainly very popular, and for...

On the 22nd of September, 1359, an Aragonese cavalry force defeated a superior Castilian cavalry force at the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters. The War of the Two Peters, fought between 1356 and 1375, was a protracted conflict that embroiled the...