As a rule of thumb, I think I prefer to be pleasantly surprised rather than have high expectations. Hence I left a thoroughly enjoyable performance of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World feeling slightly underwhelmed. And I’m laying the blame firmly at the production’s association with smash hit musical SIX. At the beginning of …
Welcome all to our Friday quiz question… But first, to February 23 in years gone by. On this day in… 1820 The Cato Street Conspiracy. A plot to assassinate all members of the British Cabinet was exposed. 1836 The Siege of The Alamo began. 1854 The Orange Free State became independent. 1898 Emile Zola was imprisoned after writing J’Accuse in which …
The Arctic convoys which carried supplies to Russia endured some of the most gruelling ordeals of the Second World War. In addition to relentless attacks by German aircraft and U-boats, the ice-encased ships in the convoys had to battle though extreme cold, gales and pack ice. The loss rate of vessels was greater than another …
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