Weekend 552.0 (I am following the river…)
…down the highway through the cradle of the Civil War.
Category Archives: History
Weekend 550.0
“I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all Continue Reading →
Weekend 548.0
Apologies for the radio silence. I was in Sunderland and Norwich the last couple of weekends for football. I saw matches at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and Carrow Continue Reading →
Historical Parallels
I’m reading Faith Of Our Fathers: A History of True England by Joseph Pearce. He first mentioned the IDEA for this book on YouTube. The content is surprisingly topical given Continue Reading →
Twilight and evening bell…
Saturday was my last football match of the season / campaign. I also revisited Westminster Abbey and the Guildhall Art Gallery. I also toured the Tower of London. The highlights Continue Reading →
Weekend 531.0
When I left Cambridge this morning it wasn’t snowing or as cold as it was on Palm Sunday 1461 in Towton. The placard for the White Horse Inn on the Continue Reading →
War of the Roses
This is not meant to be exhaustive and is a work in progress. One of my interests is the House of Percy and it started with the signet-ring at the Continue Reading →
The Harvest of Heads
(1) The Pandemic State Is Here to Stay (The Pipeline) “The state will continue to further corrode traditional liberties—privacy, assembly, mobility, communication, currency—towards the goal of citizen submission to a Continue Reading →
Weekend 529.0 (Towton and York)
“This battayl was sore foughten, for hope of life was set on every parte and takynge of prisoners was proclaimed as a great offence, by reason whereof every man determined Continue Reading →