by admin | Nov 28, 2023 | December 2023, History
By Ian Langworthy Historian and Battlefield Guide It is only a couple of years ago since, due to Covid, Christmas celebrations, if not cancelled, were limited to small gatherings of immediate family members. But what if Christmas was cancelled altogether and you...
by admin | Nov 1, 2023 | History, November 2023
It is the time of year again when at 11 a.m. on 11th November (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) that we remember the sacrifice of the thousands of men and women of the United Kingdom of England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland armed...
by admin | Sep 29, 2023 | History, October 2023
By Ian Langworthy Historian and Battlefield Guide Regular readers of the column ‘Its History Actually’ will know that we try to bring in a local element into each article, This month we are reviewing a book which is as close as you could get to local history. The book...
by admin | Sep 5, 2023 | History, September 2023
About 5 miles west of Stilton, famous for its (not made locally) cheese, lies the village of Fotheringay and its ruined castle. I first heard of the village from reading Jean Plaidy’s novel ‘Royal Road to Fotheringay’, but where does the castle figure in our...
by admin | Aug 1, 2023 | August 2023, History
Ian Langworthy: Historian and Battlefield Guide Well, it’s a book review, actually, but with a hefty dose of social history. The book is ‘No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy: Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader’ by Mark Hodkinson and published by Canongate. If you...
by admin | Jul 6, 2023 | History, July 2023
Well, perhaps not battles in the conventional sense, but more skirmishes actually. However, there is nothing wrong with emphasising local history. Besides, two rather important historical figures were involved. Before we delve into all that, let’s briefly...
