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Anniversary of the Battle of Cromdale

One of the forgotten battles of the wars between William of Orange and James VII. The Haughs of Cromdale was a victory for the Williamites over a Jacobite army in the Highlands. There is a nonsense song about it, which has rollicking lyrics and no...

Captain Penny of Aberdeen

A whaling man and an explorer who took his wife with him. Unusual for the 19th century!

Happy St George's Day

Happy St George's Day, all you people out there. We don't make enough of our patron saint. Enjoy the day!

Teacher's sayings

When I was at school in the middle of last century, many of the teachers had their quirky sayings before, during or after they inflicted various forms of corporal punishment on their charges. One hearty man taught Maths and rugby. He was a large man,...

On this day in military history

Quite a few military anniversaries today. Two from last century were the Battle of Avre in 1918, a British victory in the Great War of 1914-18, and the start of the Battle of Kohima in 1944. In many ways Kohima was to the Far East what El Alemein was...

Anniversary of two battles today

April the Second is the anniversary of at least two battles in which the British were successful. The Battle of Copenhagen, 1801, where Admiral Nelson defeated the Danes. That was the battle where Nelson placed a telescope against his blind eye and...

battle of Betwa

On this day in 1858, the British defeated Tantia Topi in the Battle of Betwa, during the Indian Mutiny - or the Sepoy Revolt to use another name for what was probably the most bitter war of Queen Victoria's reign.

Islamic terrorism

Have you noticed how Islamic terrorists seem to choose music festivals and the like to maximise their murders? We had the Manchester Arena, the Hammas atrocity in Israel in October last year and more recently Moscow. All attacks on innocent young...

I wish everybody a happy Easter. Hopefully we will see an outbreak of peace across the world. No more Islamic terrorist attacks on music festivals. No more Russian attacks on Ukraine. An end to civilians being used as human shields. An end to all the...

On this day in history

On the 18th January 1793, Sydney Smith tried to destroy the French fleet at Toulon in one of the opening actions in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars that would last until 1815.

On this day in history

In 1917, the British defeated the Ottoman Turks at the battle of Rafa. While much attention is paid to the fighting in France and Flanders, the Middle Eastern campaigns of the Great War are less well considered. With the present troubles in that...

On this day in History

In 1812, the Second Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in the Peninsular War started. One siege in a long war that bled Bonaparte's army white. In 1815 the Battle of New Orleans, when one of the most incompetent generals in British history (and that's saying...

On this day in history

On the 7th January 1841, during the First Opium War, the British defeated the Chinese at the Battle of Chuenpi. Not one of Britain's proudest wars!

Historical Locations give different angles to history

I normally live in the south of England, but am presently right on the north east, at the Border with Scotland. The perspective of history here is vastly different from the south, with a different focus. I am in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which...

Rewriting history

History is an amazingly fluid discipline. Each nation seems to write it with a bias towards themselves, and what is fashionable and therefore 'good' one century is vilified the next. It's fascinating to see the trends change by perusing old books.

Cold weather now

Deep winter now, the cold weather season when we need something to warm us up. My mother had her own version of central heating but we won't go into that. Now it's a brisk walk and hot chocolate.

2024 APPROACHETH

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!

Introducing myself

I am a very old lady, positively decrepit in fact. I am past retirement age and my last place of work - a college - has let me go. I can't say I blame them, really as my ideas and attitudes do not fit in with the current trends. My name is Amanda,...