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History
Prehistoric man in England: before homo sapiens
Oldest English Royal Bones – Queen Ædgyth’s 1000 year old Skeleton
Empress Matilda v King Stephen: When Christ and His Saints Slept
William the Marshal: The Greatest Knight
William the Marshal: 1st Earl of Pembroke & Regent of England
Jewish Blood Libel: Persecution & Greed in Medieval England
Guy Fawkes - Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
Queen Anne’s Tragedy: 18 Pregnancies, no Children & Hanover Kings
Frost Fairs: The Frozen River Thames in London
George III’s lack of heirs: 15 children, but no grandchildren…..
A Funeral & Four Weddings: Princess Charlotte & Succession Crisis
The Year Without a Summer: 1816
American and Empire Soldiers in England during the First World War – Picture Gallery
Edith Cavell: British Nurse Shot by the Germans for Treason, 1915
Evacuees - millions evacuated from their homes at the start of the Second World War
The Berlin Airlift and the Royal Air Force
Paedophiles, Paranoia, and Panic: Witchhunt at Shieldfield Nursery
Royalty and Royals
Henry VIII’s Wives: Catherine of Aragon’s family and childhood
From Catherine of Valois to Kate Middleton: The First English Queen Catherine
The 5 Longest Reigning Kings & Queens – Edward III, Fifth Place
The 5 Longest Reigning Kings & Queens – Henry III, Fourth Place
The 5 Longest Reigning Kings & Queens – Elizabeth II, Third Place
The 5 Longest Reigning Kings & Queens: George III, 2nd Place
Yearly Events
Trooping the Colour: the pagentry of the Queen’s official birthday
Fireworks, Bonfires and Guys - celebrating Guy Fawkes’ Night
The Queen’s Maundy Money: Silver for the Poor on Maundy Thursday
Royal Castles and Palaces
Death and terror: executions at the Tower of London
Names, Naming and Language
The origin of English surnames 1: work and status
The origin of English surnames 2: patronymics or father’s first name
Naming the days - the heathen origins of English words for days of the week
Coppers, the Old Bill, PC Plod and other police slang
Languages of the British Isles – Welsh
Top Ten Most Common Pub Names in England
Architecture and buildings
The Eleanor Crosses: King Edward I’s 12 stone statues showing love and grief for his wife
St. Stephen, Walbrook: Mayor of London’s Church, and home of the Samaritans
Cressing Temple: Visiting Knights Templar property in England Today
County Hall – once London’s government, now hotels, art and fish
London
Speakers’ Corner and Protests in Hyde Park, London
The River Fleet - London’s second tidal waterway
Frost Fairs: The Frozen River Thames in London
Writers and authors
Rudyard Kipling: how the great writer’s son Jack died in the WWI trenches
Historical fiction: Matthew Shardlake and the dark side of Tudor England
Food and Drink
Making sloe gin from wild berries in the hedgerows
Sloe jelly - harvesting the hedgerows
A Proper English Christmas Pudding Recipe
Royal Navy Rum – issued daily to sailors 1655 to 1970
Traditions and Folklore
Almost immortal but less than human - fairies before Shakespeare
St. Swithin and predicting English weather in the summer
Money, weights and measures
Weights and Measures - the Imperial Pound, Ounce, lb and oz
Old English money - pounds, shillings and pence before decimalisation
Government, Politics and the Constitution
The Queen and the Prime Minister – Calling a General Election
Photography and art
Dead photos - Victorian post-mortem photographs
Sport
The Ashes cricket matches - the importance of the England v Australia test matches
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