Tag Archives: Newspapers

Changing with the tide – how newspapers reported Napoleon’s march on Paris

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

I was doing a bit of research on some French related history and the following made me smile so I thought I would share it. I don’t often write on French history (except for WW1 or my trips to Paris) … Continue reading →

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Alice Ayres – A Victorian Heroine

Posted on July 30, 2018 by

A few weeks ago I wrote on Postmans Park – The Memorial To Heroic Self-Sacrifice and I’d taken it upon myself to look some of the names whose valour has been memorialised her.  At random I picked the unassuming sounding Alice … Continue reading →

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Mad dogs and Englishmen

Posted on July 1, 2015 by

You might not realise it if you live elsewhere but for today at least London is about the hottest city on planet earth, not including Paris and err New Delhi.  It’s easy for everyone to scoff at the idea that … Continue reading →

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At the going down of the sun and in morning, we will remember them

Posted on August 5, 2014 by

So yesterday was the big day, the 100th anniversary of the start of The Great War – The war to end all wars until of course WW2 at least. Like many other people I spent much of the day watching … Continue reading →

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How wrong can we be?

Posted on May 17, 2014 by

We are all used to thinking that things are a lot worse than they actually are.  The media make their money from convincing us things are bad and going to get worst.  Opposing political parties insist we are all doomed … Continue reading →

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