This part-dramatised documentary about the Paris Peace Conference following the Great War contains some remarkable period footage and, refreshingly, contains no ‘talking heads’. Another notable
The Teacher’s Insult
‘Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach’ is an accusation often thrown at teachers, usually by those who despise the profession or are intimidated
The Roman mass poisoning of 331 BC
Contributed by Dr Edith Lister According to the historian of ancient Rome, Titus Livius Patavinus (‘Livy’), a sensational trial took place in 331 BC which
Arthur Woodifield
Contributed by Mr Peter Saskill Sergeant Arthur Woodifield (1870 –1950) was a Londoner. Born in Islington (then in Middlesex) on 5 November 1870, he is
1519: A tale of two guns
In 1519, in the far East, the Chinese warlord and Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming (1472-1529) was spending a considerable amount of time dealing with uppity
The sinking of the Iolaire
Contributed by Mrs Fiona Baird At 1.50 a.m. on January 1st 1919, His Majesty’s Yacht Iolaire ran aground on the rocks known as the
