Cromwell’s Cruel Commonwealth
By Will Barber Taylor After Charles the First was captured by the Roundheads, he was put on trial. The trial was a show trial – the verdict of Charles’ […]
By Will Barber Taylor After Charles the First was captured by the Roundheads, he was put on trial. The trial was a show trial – the verdict of Charles’ […]
By Will Barber Taylor The English Civil War helped to redefine England and its politics. As such, it is important that the causes of the war are explained. This short […]
By Will Barber Taylor The English Civil War effected all areas of Britain; from the highest castle keep to the lowest Scottish crofter’s cottage. It can therefore be sometimes difficult […]
By Will Barber Taylor Almost every adult and child is familiar with Treasure Island, but fewer know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on a similarly remote […]
By Will Barber – Taylor Recently BBC Two aired a documentary series entitled The Stuarts. First airing on BBC Two Scotland back in January and February, the series […]
500 years ago today was the last time a King of any part of Britain died in Battle. The King in question was not Richard the Third of England but […]
Two RAF fighter jets are on a training flight over North East Scotland when one of them is plucked from the air and promptly disappears. UNIT are called in, and […]
I have always loved Scotland. It is a beautiful country. However, until recently I did not know how connected I was to the land of the Scots. Recently, thanks to […]
By Will Barber – Taylor “Do Time Lords get Alzheimer’s disease?” asked Ace.“Oh, we get worse things than that, Ace. The dementias that plague us are much darker.” The Doctor […]