Historical men and women
Friday, 4 March 2016
Dick Turpin: truth and myth
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Legend meets reality Dick Turpin is one of those “everybody knows” characters of English folklore. Everybody knows that he was a ...
Monday, 29 February 2016
Gandhi's visit to Britain in 1931
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) is generally known to history by his honorific title of “Mahatma”, which means “venerable”. It...
Saturday, 27 February 2016
The death of King William II, 1100
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King William II of England was killed by an arrow while out hunting on Thursday 2nd August 1100 (at the spot marked by the stone in th...
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Captain Henry Morgan's roast pig disaster
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Captain Henry Morgan was a notorious privateer and pirate during the 17th century. He suffered an unfortunate setback when a celebratory p...
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Sir Christopher Wren
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Sir Christopher Wren, famed as the architect of St Paul’s Cathedral, was born at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, on 20 th October 1632. He w...
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Captain Lawrence Oates
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“I am just going outside and I may be some time”. Those were the last recorded words of Captain Lawrence Oates, who stepped into a bli...
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Nicholas Breakspear, Pope Adrian IV
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Only one Englishman has ever been Pope. That was Nicholas Breakspear, who was elected in 1154 as Pope Adrian IV. His exact origin...
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