Famously, Elizabeth I was the daughter of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, for whom he broke from Rome and created the Church of England, in order to marry her. However Anne failed to produce a male

We got a profits warning today from Thomas Cook - and they blamed the summer heatwave for their travails rather than Brexit. More and more people leave it to the last minute to book their summer holiday

The EU have just come out of their summit rejecting the "Chequers" plan that Theresa May had put forward. They are still demanding that NI stay in the EU (effectively annexing Northern Ireland)

In the late medieval world, a new "science" appeared - astrology, which at the time was done concurrently with astronomy. During this period telescopes are getting more powerful, the movement

This year is the 1100th anniversary of the death of Aethelflaed, the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great King of Wessex, and the woman who defeated the Vikings. Her name meant "nobel beauty"

Languages usually hang around in some form or other for a long time. For example French, Italian and Spanish are clearly descendants from Vulgar Latin (street Latin), and they use the same Latin script.

Take a look at the following painting from the tomb of Ipuy, the royal sculptor who served King Ramesses II around 1250 B.C. Look at the collar necklaces they are wearing. Now look at the following Masai

There has been a lot of excited talk lately about how Northern Ireland is "certain" to unite with the Republic of Ireland. How likely is this? When the Irish Republic became independent, the

Ever snce China put tariffs on American soybeans, Brazil has been extremely cheerful. They're selling their soy to the Chinese at a 20% premium over the price they normally sell at. According to Forbes:

Byteball is doing an airdrop to steemit users. Here is a guide to how to claim your free money: First, the airdrop is only to those who created their steemit account on July 12, 2018 or earlier. The

When people think of deserts they think of natural deserts like the Sahara, which have been created by hot dry winds sucking out all the water from the land, making it impossible for anything to grow.

As the Brexit negotiations grind on, you frequently hear apologists for the EU claim that the EU has to be intransigent and "punish" the UK for leaving, to deter other members from leaving. Brits

After a couple of months of heatwave in the northern hemisphere, people can be forgiven if their thoughts turn to rainmaking. Forget the old rain dances, is there a scientific method to create rain? The

Rice is a grass, much like wheat and barley. So why is it grown in flooded fields (known as paddy fields)? Based on carbon dating of grains and the soil the grain was found in, paddy fields date to 4300

The ancient Egyptians had always worshiped the Aten (the Sun God), as one of the many gods in their pantheon. But towards the end of the 18th dynasty, in about 1351 BC, a Pharoah, Akenaten, decided that

Brexit has turned the UK into a nation of preppers. All the newspapers are writing "what you should stockpile" articles, so I thought I'd do one of my own. The first thing you should do is stockpile

Britain has been Brexiting on and off for centuries - from time to time we recoil from the Continent and sever ties. For Part I see Napoleonic Wars After the French Revolution, France was attacked by her

The way some commentators are carrying on you would think Brexit was an unusual business. But actually rejection of continental Europe is a recurring motif in British history. Every so often the British

The Tory party is one of the oldest political parties in the world, dating back to the 1670's. After the restoration of Charles II, Members of Parliament began to naturally coalesc into two groups who

The Met Office released the following satellite photos of Britain: On the left is how Britain looked like in May. On the right is how Britain looked like in July, after a heatwave that has now gone on