The History Anorak

Usually I write a review of the year to publish at the end of December. But the last two years have been so complicated and downright depres...

Let's face it, 2020 hasn't exactly been an ordinary year.  In the UK, two things have dominated the headlines: Covid and Brexit. But...

January Brexit vote gives Government the biggest defeat in history. (432 to 202) Four dead in Paris bakery explosion. Andy Murray faces c...

January Ringo Starr and Barry Gibb get knighthoods. Darcey Bussell's a Dame. Rick Stein CBE. Jilly Cooper CBE. Eammon Holmes OBE. NY E...

Maypole in Castle Gardens Beltane Blessings May 1 is a Pagan festival known as Beltane - which means good fire. Traditionally it was t...