Forgotten soldiers
We have celebrated Victory in Europe Day but I want to turn to WW1. In Britain, that war is regarded as having been fought in the mud of Flanders by the British Army and a […]
We have celebrated Victory in Europe Day but I want to turn to WW1. In Britain, that war is regarded as having been fought in the mud of Flanders by the British Army and a […]
After 1820 I am turning to my old discipline, the mining business, and the rush of discoveries in the late nineteenth century. One mineral which has romantic overtones is diamonds and the records of the […]
Britain in 1820
I’m falling into the trap of writing about kings and empires when I started to explore trade and emigration but I’ll get back to it. The trouble is that, the Stuart’s attempts to recover the […]
Stories from the 1715 Stuart adventure.
The attraction of writing about the expansion of trade and exploration during the time of the Stuart kings.
Conventicles and their suppression
How trade boomed with the Stuarts
Stories from a rebellion.
Why the Stuarts are so interesting.