It happened today – this day in history – March 23
59AD: Death of Roman Empress Agrippina aged 43 – possibly murdered by her son Nero. 1743: Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” premieres
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Read moreJohn Cleese was already one of my heroes before last week, but the fantastic way he exposed woke obsessiveness as
Read more1322: The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence. 1660: The English Long Parliament disbands.
Read more1564: Brith of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.
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