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The One Million Step Challenge

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

Today’s post isn’t history related at all, but please indulge me for a moment. As many of you know, I suffer from Type 1 Diabetes. I can clearly remember the day I was diagnosed – I was at school and … Continue reading →

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21 years ago…

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

Today’s post is a little different from what I normally post here, but I thought I’d get it written down anyway. Today, 14th February 2017, isn’t Valentines Day to me – although I’ve gotten my partner a cheesy card – … Continue reading →

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The Pazzi Conspiracy

Posted on December 3, 2016 by

On the 26th April 1478, as the host was raised within a crowded Santa Maria Del Fiore, carnage erupted. This moment was to be the finale of a conspiracy that had been concocted by the Pazzi family and their allies, … Continue reading →

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[Review] The Devil’s Chalice – D.K Wilson

Posted on November 12, 2016 by

London goldsmith, Thomas Treviot, is sent by his patron, Archbishop Cranmer, to discover discreetly what connections West has with leading figures at court. But Thomas has problems of his own: his teenage son has gone off to Norwich to join … Continue reading →

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We Will Remember Them

Posted on November 11, 2016 by

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and … Continue reading →

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