NB Synopsis of morning course to follow Earliest History 1 Introduction to The City, finishing with one word PLACE 2 Etymology of...

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Joel Kotkin The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder Twilight of Democracy Anne Applebaum Law,...

Welcome to our first history session of 2021. Our morning together will be divided into three equal parts, viz: The Creation of the Roman...

1. Idi Amin 2. Morocco 3. Haile Selassie 4. Morocco 5. Septimus Severus or Caracalla 6. Berbers 7, Bartholomew Diaz 8. From medieval West...

A Happy New Year to everyone. Let's all hope for better things in 2021. At least the weather has been brighter, if cold, these last few...

100 years after the end of The Second World War will we, as a nation, have finally reached a point of consensus over the question of what...

and his name was Richard. Richard of Devizes lived in the late 12th century. His life was spent as a monk in Winchester. We know...

1 Louis XVIII and Charles X 2 Christina 3 James I and Edward VII 4 Konigsberg 5 Austro-Hungarian Empire 6 Russia 7 Granada 8 ...

1 Which of Louis XVI's brothers also became Kings of France? [2 answers] 2 Which Queen of Sweden converted to Catholicism, abdicated,...

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Answers in separate blog 1 If James I was the first who was the last? 2 Which King is buried in Gloucester Cathedral 3 Which Queen is...

Since moving to the coast I have begun to keep a selection of Commonplace Books. A Commonplace book is a book of blank pages in which the...

Most of us picked up the correct etiquette for eating from our parents (don't put your elbows on the table, William) or from our...

I have just listened to The Prime Minister's dark announcement re new Covid rules. Some of you will now be entering Tier 4, whilst many...

General MacArthur Very brief overview Early Days 1880-1918 : A privileged background and a good war The In-between Years 1919-1941:...

Politics We have all seen the headlines about The Government's intention of deploying The Royal Navy to turn back EU fishing boats from...

Morning: The War is Over Our morning divides neatly (!) into two. The first part will look at Britain itself in the austerity years of...

Crosscurrents: Hungary during the Horthy Years by Yakov Merkin Czechoslovakia: he Country that Failed by Mary Heimann Twilight of...

I can't really believe I am on my third list. The three lists taken together could make an interesting partytime quiz by zoom. A stitch...

Morning: 6 June 1944 to 30 April 1945 After a very short overview of this period of time, rom D-Day to Hitler's suicide, we turn to D-Day...