There’s not much history in my immediate area. No, of course there is – I live in Northern Ireland; the place teems with history, most of i...

Last month my family celebrated two big birthdays. On 11 August I took my parents out to dinner on what would have been my granny’s hundred...

In four days time, on the 21 st of December, it will be the annual Winter Solstice. On that morning, a remarkable event takes place at Bru...

Molesworth, as any fule kno, was cynical about history, which ‘started badly and hav been getting steadily worse.’ And Arnold Toynbee (or...

Happy Halloween! I have to admit that Halloween always takes me slightly by surprise, although why this should be, I don’t know given that ...

My iPhone map app updated today and now contains singularly useless – to me – information about transport in Japan.   I find no charm in th...