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    First portrait of a criminal published in a British newspaper

    On 27th June 1881, 64-years-old coin dealer Isaac Gold was brutally murdered on the 14:00 London to Brighton express train....

    16/05/2015
    HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY

    Key develoments in the British army in 17th century

    In the 1690s the English army’s matchlock musket (slow to load, clumsy to operate at the mercy of the elements)...

    31/03/2015
    MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    Organised crime in Medieval England

    A large sum of money – £4,000 in gold, to be precise – is due to be transferred from London...

    02/03/2015
    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    Scotland under the rule of Alexander III

    The eight-year-old Alexander III had been king for only a few days when two factions began to struggle for control...

    13/02/2015
    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    One year in Henry VIII’s life: 1536

    Katherine of Aragon died on 7th January, at Kimbolton House, possibly as a result of coronary thrombosis. She was buried...

    30/01/2015
    HISTORY / MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    Matilda: A Queen in King’s World

    Power was inherently and inescapably male in the Middle Ages. The images displayed on the Great Seal of England encapsulated...

    14/01/2015
    HISTORY / MILITARY HISTORY / MODERN HISTORY

    Manpower for sea power

    Life at sea may not have been a particularly attractive prospect for a man in Georgian England, but it was...

    08/01/2015
    CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY

    The changing faces of Santa Claus

    On 23 December 1951, the Catholic clergy at Dijon organised an execution of Santa Claus. An image of him was...

    24/12/2014
    CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY / HISTORY

    The short history of banishment

    Even in primitive societies, the threat of exile struck terror into people’s hearts and minds. A savage punishment, it snatched...

    18/12/2014
    MEDIEVAL HISTORY

    The Venerable Bede

    Bede was a Northumbrian, born in 673 on the lands of the monastery of St Peter at Wearmouth. At the...

    15/12/2014
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