It’s History Actually/Book Reviews
CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED By Order Of Oliver Cromwell
By Ian Langworthy Historian and Battlefield Guide It is only a couple of years ago since, due to Covid, Christmas celebrations, if not cancelled,...
Commemoration.
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...
Godmanchester At War
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...
Its History Actually – Fotheringay Castle: Birthplace of a King, Execution Place of a Queen
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...
Book Review: No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy: Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader’ by Mark Hodkinson
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...
Its History Actually: The Battle of Huntingdon and The Battle of St. Neots
Well, perhaps not battles in the conventional sense, but more skirmishes actually. However, there is nothing wrong with emphasising local history....
Book Review and some (local) History Actually The White Ship
Book Review - The White Ship by Charles Spencer and published by William Collins Firstly, a word about the author. Charles Spencer is the brother of...
Its History, Actually: Samuel Pepys
by Ian Langworthy Historian and Battlefield Guide I know that Oliver Cromwell is probably this area’s most famous historical figure and we will get...
Its History, Actually: Catherine of Aragon
by Ian Langworthy Historian and Battlefield Guide If you have seen or heard of the musical ‘Six’ you will know that the show claims that it was his...