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Five Days on San Carlos Water

June 24, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 2 Comments 'dan carlos water', 'falklands task force', 'falklands war', 'hms ardent', 'hms argonaut', 'hms brilliant', 'hms broadsword', 'hms canberra', 'hms coventry', 'landing craft', 'sea cat missile', 'sea harrier', 'sir galahad', dagger, Pucara

San Carlos Water was the site of a major battle between aircraft and ships that lasted for five days in

Norman and Medieval (1001-1500)

King Henry V and the French Throne

June 19, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Duke Bernard', 'Duke of Burgundy', 'earl of dorset', 'henry v', 'John the Fearless', 'Louis of Orleans', agincourt, armagnac, dauphin

Henry’s remarkable success against the French in battle is well known, but it is not generally realised how close he

Post-war Period (1946-Present)

The Mau Mau Uprising

June 12, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Jomo Kenyata', 'mau mau', 'Operation Anvil', 'Sir Evelyn Baring', colonialism, imperialism, Kapenguria, kenya, Kikuyu, klfa, Luka, villagisation

In the early 1950s, many parts of Africa were looking to throw off the colonial rule of their European masters

Norman and Medieval (1001-1500)

The Barons’ War

May 9, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'henry iii', 'Llewlyn ap Gruffyd', 'papal bull', 'Simon de Montfort'

King Henry’s heavy taxes to pay for his dynastic ambitions in Europe, plus bad weather and widespread famine, provoked civil

Norman and Medieval (1001-1500)

Bannockburn and After

April 22, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Auld Alliance', 'Edward Bruce', 'Edward II', 'Henry de Bohun', 'robert the bruce', 'Sir Henry Beaumont', 'Sir Robert Clifford', 'stirling castle', bannockburn, Lanercost, mowbray

King Edward II had infuriated his barons by his refusal to consult with them or take their advice and instead

Norman and Medieval (1001-1500)

The Fate of Wales under Edward I

March 10, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'edward i', 'Llywelyn ap Gruffid', 'Peace of Montgomery', 'Statute of Wales', alfonso, glendower

Despite a bitter campaign to preserve Welsh independence, Llywelyin and David were finally killed. The Welsh would have to wait

Norman and Medieval (1001-1500)

Edward The Confessor

February 19, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments Jim Keys gives us an insight into the life and times of Edward the Confessor (1003 - 1066).

Edward was born in 1003AD in Islip, Oxfordshire, the son of Ethelred and Emma of Normandy. He was just ten

The Wars of the Roses

Bosworth Field

February 12, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'henry tudor', 'princes in the tower', 'wars of the roses', bosworth, lancastrian, yorkists

History has been less than kind to Richard who had for many years been a loyal supporter of his brother

Norman and Medieval (1001-1500)

The Battle of Stamford Bridge

February 11, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'dark ages', 'Edgar the Atheling', 'king harold', 'William of Normandy', 'william the conqueror', Hardrada, olaf, Snorri, Tostig, Witenagemot

Every schoolboy knows of Harold’s defeat at Hastings. How different that outcome might have been had Harold not been distracted

Irish Library, English Books

February 6, 2013June 17, 2020 Tom Byrne 0 Comments 'Centre Cultural Irlandais', 'irish college paris'

Just a few hundred yards from the Pantheon in Paris, tourists who wander slightly astray will happen upon a narrow

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