In 2018 the BBC reported that over the last three years the number of children who are being home-schooled in the UK has risen by around 40%. It’s not hard to see why; for parents, ensuring their child’s schooling is top quality is vital, and home schooling is...
On the 1st December 1919, Lady Nancy Astor became the first woman to take a seat in the British Parliament. Originally from America, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was born on 19th May 1879. After her second marriage, to Lord Waldorf Astor, she began a life of...
On April 11, 1970, at 7.13pm (US time), Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Only two days later its crew, Commander James A. Lovell Jr, Command Module Pilot, John L Swigert Jr and Lunar Module Pilot, Fred W Haise Jr (pictured above, left...
January 24th, 1965, saw the anniversary of the death of one of Britain’s most famous statesman, Winston Churchill. He is best known for his leadership of this country through the days of the second world war, but also led in his younger years a varied, eventful...
I know I’m biased, but I believe my mother, Anne Boleyn, had the biggest impact on England out of all of my father’s wives. She was, after all, the instigator of the Reformation, one of the biggest changes to religion this country has ever seen. Father was brought up...
In blog 8 of our Key Stage 3 History series we look at the dispute between Henry II and Thomas Becket. Thomas Becket All the stories you’ve heard so far were told by my great grandad. He was a legend apparently. Goodness knows what he’d make of recent events!...
