You may well have heard the phrase ‘Beware the Ides of March’ – but if you have not, let me tell you about this day – 15th March – and how its name came about. The Ides Of March Were Not Always So Bad Hundreds of years ago, the word ‘Ides’ referred to the first full...
Book Recommendations For The New Year Following up from my New Year suggestions last week, here are two more recommendations to build on your knowledge without taxing the brain. January and February may be cold and dark, but with these, it definitely won’t be boring....
A Controversial Chess Champion Bobby Fischer, born on January 9th, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, was an American chess prodigy whose unparalleled talent and intense personality left an indelible mark on the world of chess. His life and career were characterised by...
Daring Spies And Silent Saboteurs Tales of espionage and covert operations have often been dominated by male protagonists. Yet, history has shown that women played a pivotal and often unheralded role in intelligence-gathering and sabotage, particularly during World...
Reflecting On The Phenomena “Luke, I am your father,” says Darth Vader at the bottom of Bespin, having just liberated his son of his right hand (Sorry, spoilers). That famous line from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back is one of the most quoted...
Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, on the 30th November 1874. To mark his birthday, we present a few interesting but perhaps little-known facts about one of the most famous British Prime Ministers in history. Despite being born into an...
