Is that actually true though (the two sleeps thing)? I’d read that there is very little evidence for this. I know that the religious calendar before the reformation had a lot of inbuilt ‘bank holiday… (View Post)

Did it rather well, mind. (View Post)

Some people age well. Wish I was one of them. (View Post)

As much as I have read widely about wars and conflict, I find myself more drawn to the minutiae of everyday life. Simple things that we take for granted, such as fridges and freezers. How did people … (View Post)

I think because Waterloo is regarded as a win the perception around it is different to how we see the first day of the Somme. Which was markedly successful for the French and the right of the British… (View Post)