Sunday, June 28, 2015

Ran about all day

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The Australian cricketer Victor Trumper, once called the best batsman in the world, died a century ago today - and he was only in his late 3...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Make the draperies move

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‘Work quickly. Don’t stop for anything but the essential. [. . .] Make the draperies move, don’t let them stop. Keep the flow going.’ This i...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

The towne took on fire

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William Whiteway died all of 380 years ago today. He played a significant role in the historic English market town of Dorchester during a pe...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Roar of 400 cannon

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It is the bicentenary today of the famous Battle of Waterloo , Napoléon Bonaparte’s final defeat, which brought to an end over 20 years of w...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

The poet’s labour

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‘Am I going against nature in my constant attempt to fill my life with work? Is my mind as rich as in idle days? Is not perhaps the poet’s l...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Quite a historic occasion

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‘I also informed the Council that May and I had decided some time ago that our children would be allowed to marry into British families. It ...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Riddell and Lloyd George

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George Allardice Riddell, the early 20th century press baron and key adviser to David Lloyd George during the First World War, was born 150 ...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Insurrection in Paris

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‘Firing is heard. The houses are in turmoil. Doors and casements open and shut violently. The women-servants chat and laugh at the windows. ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Tears instead of ink

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Sir John Oglander, an aristocrat and politician associated with the Isle of White, died all of 430 years ago today. He is as much remembered...