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On Armistice Sunday, we remember the eighty-three soldiers whose names are commemorated upon the war memorial in the churchyard at Christ Church. For months, Vicky Stewart has been researching the lives of these men, uncovering biographical material...

Shortly before noon on Dec. 30, 1939, HMT Orama docked at the Scottish port of Grenock. After disembarking, some 1,000 Canadian soldiers boarded a train bound for an army base south of London in the Hampshire countryside. Princess Patricia’s Canadian...

On this day in history… December 27 1825 – 1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington 1831 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America 1871 – World’s first cat show (Crystal Palace...

March 19 In History 1191: Eighty Jews were burned at Bray, France for trying to execute a vassal who had killed a Jew. The Jews were not a lynch-mob. They had the permission of the local ruler which is more than one can say for those who killed the...

Updated 15 December 2012 The Semantics of Murder - Afric Campbell Where The Devil Can't Go - Anya Lipska Lifesaving For Beginners - Ciara Geraghty The Reinvention of Love - Helen Humphreys Updated 24 November 2012 When The Siren Calls - Tom Barry...