Marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte Dominic Kirby wonders if Napoleon’s legacy is really something to…
Year 8 pupil: “What exactly did hanging, drawing and quartering involve?” Me: “Well, firstly the condemned man was drawn (dragged)…
Those of you who’ve seen >The King’s Speech<, Tom Hooper’s heart-warming film about King George VI’s private struggle to overcome…
Like the Battle of Hastings on the 14th October 1066, the 11th November 1918 is a date which is etched into our…
The 17th-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (think social contract theory and impressive Roman nose) once wrote that ‘curiosity is the…