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(Image: John Constable; Salisbury Cathedral painted c. 1825) Britain is home to some of the grandest cathedrals in the world. The mere names ‘Canterbury’, ‘Westminster Abbey’ and ‘Oxford Cathedral’ are enough to conjure images of grandiose stone buildings...

With the president and Congress out of town, Washington, D.C. is very quiet during the holidays, without the long lines one normally sees at museums and capitol attractions. So it was a good time last week to take my family to see a wonderful exhibit...

November 17 In History 9CE:  Birthdate of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, better known as Vespasian, who as a Roman General and then Emperor put down the Judean Revolt which included the destruction of the Second Temple. 284: Diocletian is proclaimed emperor...

On 18 July 1290 every professing Jew in England was ordered out of the Realm, for ever, by King Edward I. Between sixteen and seventeen thousand Jews had to flee, and none dared return until four hundred years later The Edict of Expulsion of 1290 A...

A short while ago, I wrote about rail travel in Britain and how travelling by train is my favourite mode of travel.  I guess I made it seem like travelling by car is less than ideal but there are two important aspects of car travel that absolutely trump...