Flight of fancy
With very little, if anything left to lose, the Goverrnment is playing a numbers game in the hope that we’re
Read moreWith very little, if anything left to lose, the Goverrnment is playing a numbers game in the hope that we’re
Read moreTwo things happened last Wednesday which perfectly encapsulate the sorry state of British politics. At 10.30am, the Supreme Court of
Read more971: According to legend, English saint Swithun is reburied inside Winchester Cathedral (against his wishes), whereby a terrible storm proceeds
Read more1295: Scotland and France form an alliance against England. 1596: The English fleet captures Cadiz. 1687: Isaac Newton’s great work
Read moreRishi Sunak is insisting that his hideous plan to send migrants who enter the UK by leaky dinghy off to
Read more1520: Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernan Cortes. Aztec emperor Montezuma
Read more1381: Richard II meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. 1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New
Read more1480: Birth of Lucretia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI. 1506: The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is
Read more46BC: Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus. 1199: Death of Richard
Read more814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: Siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria, during the First Crusade. 1225: Birth of St Thomas
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