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#On This Day – D-Day Special

26, 3, 2020 - #OnThisDay The Battle of Iwo Jima ended in American victory 26 March 1945. It had been an epic .... Read More

#On This Day – Secrets

18, 3, 2020 - #OnThisDay At the Dorchester Asssizes, on 18 March 1834, six farm workers were sentenced to .... Read More

#On This Day – Gloves

10, 3, 2020 - #OnThisDay The ‘Eleven Years Tyranny’ began on 10 March 1629 as Charles I dissolved .... Read More

#On This Day – Snow

5, 3, 2020 - #OnThisDay The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. British soldiers shot into a .... Read More

The Carews of Beddington

27, 2, 2020 - Profligacy, politics, and plots: the Carews of Beddington   In 1630, Sir Nicholas .... Read More

Cicero

17, 2, 2020 - A fine writer and orator Born in 106 BCE into a wealthy family of the equestrian order, Marcus .... Read More

The Unexpected Execution of Admiral Byng

14, 2, 2020 - The loss of a Love Island and the unexpected execution of Admiral Byng     Hair, make-up and .... Read More

#On This Day – Tudors

10, 2, 2020 - #OnThisDay On 10 February 1355 a group of students attending the university at Oxford went for .... Read More

#On This Day – Romans!

5, 2, 2020 - #OnThisDay American actor Kirk Douglas died 5 February 2020 at the age of 103. Douglas was also .... Read More

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