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...

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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...

Morning: the War at Sea We shall concentrate on the role played by the Royal Navy, Prelude 1930 London Naval Conference Norway: Lessons...

In the Reign of King John by Dan Jones. A beautifully printed book with many many matt colour pages, a reason on its own to buy the book....

The events surrounding the death of King George V have been well documented, but those surrounding the death of his sister, Queen Maud of...

Morning: The Evil of The Second World War. Our meeting falls into two distinct parts. First, we look at the Evil of Nazism, and...

Mussolini's Italy by RJB Bosworth The Pursuit of Italy (an entire history of Italy) by David Gilmour Mussolini by Nicholas Farrell...

The King James version of The Bible in Genesis 1 says, '.....and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved...

Many thanks to Carmen for first drawing my attention to this speech. In my opinion, and that of many national commentators, this is not...

Morning: The Pacific War Prelude: Sino-Japanese War Pearl Harbour 7.12.41 Was there advance warning of the attack? Loss of HMS Prince of...