
Global Trade in Times Well Past; Evidence from coins
'Global Trade' has been one of the Government's watchwords for Brexit. Yet, a moment's reflection shows that this isn't anything new. ...

Synopsis for first morning class of JW3 'Semi-Detached Island' course on Thursday 14th January @11am
Island Mentality 1 Island Mentality. What does this mean? 1a Included in above a special piece on concept of Exceptionalism 2 Versions...

Synopsis for first lecture in series on 'Three Names, One City' beginning Thursday 4th January @ 2pm
NB Synopsis of morning course to follow Earliest History 1 Introduction to The City, finishing with one word PLACE 2 Etymology of...

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

JW3 Morning One Off, 10.30 to 1pm, Thurs 7th January: ROMAN JUDEA
Welcome to our first history session of 2021. Our morning together will be divided into three equal parts, viz: The Creation of the Roman...

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

Happy New Year to All + a final quiz of the season (African History)
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...

Britain - 2045: An optimistic piece for the New Year
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...

There was a young man from Devizes......
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...

Answers to Second History Quiz
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 ...

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

Answers to History Quiz
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A History Quiz : England
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...

Selections from my Commonplace Books
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...

Pass the Port!
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...

Read to keep sane!
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...

Synopsis for JW3 Long Morning One Off on Tuesday 15th December
General MacArthur Very brief overview Early Days 1880-1918 : A privileged background and a good war The In-between Years 1919-1941:...

Have you ever encountered a political haddock?
Politics We have all seen the headlines about The Government's intention of deploying The Royal Navy to turn back EU fishing boats from...

Synopses for JW3 Zoom classes, Thursday 10th December
Morning: The War is Over Our morning divides neatly (!) into two. The first part will look at Britain itself in the austerity years of...