History is rife with omens. The problem is that their nature – good or bad – can only be determined with the benefit of hindsight. Would the monks of St Augustine’s Canterbury have been so confident
James Pennock
Today is the 500th anniversary of the bloody Battle of Flodden. On 9 September 1513, in a field in northern England, thousands of men, including King James IV of Scotland and many of his nobles,
Popular history has a lot of things in common with the FA Cup draw. The moment that those balls come out of that celebrity salad-spinner, the media make their judgements. When Arsenal are drawn against
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Take the following quote about this sceptred isle: “At this time nothing went right for this nation, neither in the south nor in the north.” You could