On the 16th August 1819 innocent men, women and children were murdered and badly wounded when the Cavalry charged into them on horseback in St Peters Field, Manchester where they…
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A debate has been sparked on the usefulness of learning Latin, after it was announced on Saturday that the government is to spend £4 million to expand the teaching of…
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“On 3rd June 1892, an amendment was approved to Anfield’s company certificate, and Everton Football Club & Athletic Grounds Company Ltd became, ‘Liverpool Football Club & Athletic Grounds Company Ltd’.”
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Trail of Tears and Death
24 May 2021The story of Native Americans forced removal from their tribal land. On the 30th of May 1830 American President, Andrew Jackson signs ‘the Indian Removal Act’ after which the Native…
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Will Labour ever be in government again?
9 May 2021Momentum are afraid to say what everyone knows – that the ‘anti-Semitism’ crisis was a gigantic hoax Tony Greenstein The Hartlepool by-election result was not unexpected, even if the size…
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Only the end of Partition will bring about a lasting peace Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Sands died on…
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Medieval plague scenes return to India
27 April 2021Out-door funeral pyres looking like horror scenes from medieval plagues are once again a daily feature of life for people in India, as the SARS-Cov2 plague sweeps through the country.…
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School books doctored to favour Israel
3 April 2021The international publisher Pearson has paused further distribution of two textbooks used by UK secondary schools after a group of academics said in a report that they distorted the historical record and failed to offer…
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Has anyone else noticed how the British seem to be Americanising their own history? This question is not asked from an insular perspective. I find it no more irritating that…