Thursday, 30 July 2015
Sunday, 26 July 2015
The Most Infamous Witch Trial in English History, Part One
The Salmesbury Witch trial was one of the most infamous witch trials ever in England.
Saturday, 11 July 2015
How Henry VIII Helped the Astronauts Land on the Moon in 1969
King Henry VIII's armour played a key role in NASA astronaut suit design.
Saturday, 4 July 2015
The Real James Bond, Dalziel-Job and his adventures in Wartime Norway, 1940, Part 2
(The first part of this story is Here)
The German land forces take Narvik during the early stages of World War Two without much difficulty and 3,000 troops are soon stationed there.
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The 1812 Assassination of British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval
John Bellingham was a rather unremarkable and unassuming fellow whom history would doubtless have forgotten him had he not met Prime Minis...
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Queen Elizabeth was mighty lucky to survive a gun repeatedly firing at her river barge in 1579. For the man responsible, Thomas Applegat...
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Winston Churchill almost died in a car accident in 1931.
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No one is immune from the plague when it strikes England during the Medieval Ages not even royalty like Princess Joan. In fact everyone s...