For each of us, our date of birth defines us. The date determines when we can start school, marry and retire. It even decides when we have the mental and physical capacity to commit a crime. For astrologers the date of birth opens a window into someone’s personality. For family historians, D.O.B is a key fact in a detective investigation…
Depending on your point of view, Charlotte Corday is either a heroine or villainess. Read on to learn more about the story of this assassin. 13 July 1793, Paris, the eve of Bastille Day, the French Revolution in full swing. Charlotte Corday, the daughter of an impoverished Normandy aristocrat, arrives at Jean Paul Marat’s residence. Hidden in her corset is…
On this day in 1930, Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. She left Croydon Airport in Surrey on 5th May and landed in Darwin on 24th May. To celebrate, she was the subject of a popular song, Amy, Wonderful Amy, recorded by Jack Hylton and his orchestra only 9 days after her arrival.…
In eighteenth century London, if you wanted to fence, you headed straight to the Angelo School of Arms. The salle, which was originally based above the pit door at Her Majesty’s Theatre at Haymarket, was moved to 13 Bond Street when the theatre burned in 1789. The Angelo family were a dynasty of fencing masters, famed all over Europe. Although…
