Click on the (inevitable) image above to listen to this episode of the English Civil War podcast The World Turned Upside Down: The Civil Wars changed the lives of families all across the British Isles, and inevitably children became involved not only as passive bystanders, but also as child soldiers fighting in both the Royalist and Parliamentary armies. Civil War historian, Dr Ismini Pells, a Departmental Lecturer in Local and Social History at the University of Oxford, has uncovered some of these children's experiences and in this programme she examines the effects of the wars, both on the children who ...
The Shropshire Star reports This weekend marks the moment when 450 years ago the first Queen Elizabeth granted Bishop's Castle its charter to rule itself. The town is now bedecked in flags and bunting, including some specially created for the event in the Tudor colours of red, white and green. ... The culmination of the celebrations will be a street fair on Sunday from 10am - 4pm, where Queen Elizabeth I herself will make the presentation of the charter to the Mayor.As it's Bishop Castle we're talking about, a new beer has been brewed to celebrate the occasion. You can ...
It's official. Melton Mowbray is the most miserable place in Britain. The Office of National Statistics recently ranked all 393 local authority areas, taking into account anxiety levels, happiness, life satisfaction and the feeling that the things done in one's life are worthwhile. Melton Borough ended in 393rd place. If I asked Lord Bonkers the reason, he would point to the depression in the pork pie trade and the aftermath of the Stilton Strike. A resident who spoke to the Leicester Mercury, by contrast, said: "I think it's the lowest scoring because of the town centre. There's not a lot ...
It was when Save the Children Fund's founder, Eglantyne Jebb, was shouted down by hecklers at SCF's inaugural meeting in 1919 as she tried to raise money for the starving children of Austria and Germany, that George Bernard Shaw stepped onto the podium and declared, 'I have no enemies under the age of seven.' His words silenced the crowd and as we know, SCF became one of Britain's most illustrious NGOs. It has always been reticent, like other NGOs and Western governments, to call Israel's poor human rights record to account, for the obvious reason of the unequalled historic suffering ...
Two candidates have been shortlisted for the selection of our candidate for London Mayor. They are Rob Blackie and Chris French. London members are invited to a hustings on Sunday 23rd July. Voting will open after that, closing on 9th August. The result will be declared in September. We have been sent this information about the two candidates: Rob Blackie advises startup technology companies, working on challenges such as accelerating cancer treatments and tackling climate change. In 2022 Rob founded the award-winning Breaking Putin's Censorship Campaign - fighting Russian propaganda about the Ukraine war. Rob is number 2 on the ...
In my in box yesterday was an email from the North East Lib Dems. I've just got round to opening it now. It's about the forthcoming North East Lib Dem regional conference and it is being held in Gateshead on 4th November. More specifically, it is to be held in the Little Theatre (hopefully not too small!) which is on the border between Lib Dem held Low Fell and Saltwell, gained by the Lib Dems
The Federal Conference Committee met on Saturday to run through a number of items leading up to the Autumn Conference in Bournemouth, which is being held from 23 to 26 September. If you have not yet registered for the conference you can do so via this link. As in Spring we also have an online registration option, which includes streaming of the auditorium and online voting. Just jumping a little ahead as well, the Federal Conference Committee has announced the 2024 dates and venues for Spring and Autumn Conferences. Spring Conference 15 to 17 March 2024 to be held in ...
This is not a newspaper but a scandal sheet. Buying it helps the paper spread the lies that have pervaded their pages from Hillsborough to Huw Edwards Ever since the Hillsborough disaster the consistent line from Liverpudlians has been absolutely ... Continue reading →
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