History time. Tankies, trots and true believers
If there is one general difference that divides the political Left and the political right then it could be that too often the Left behaves…
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A bit of historical enlightenment.
(An electronic translation of this article into Hebrew and Yiddish can be found below the English Language version – I apologise in advance for the…
From elsewhere: School History lessons become Leftist propaganda.
I find the Conservative Woman blog an interesting, if sometimes challenging read. It’s well written and even when I don’t personally agree with their writers,…
A tale of two cultures. Which one would you choose?
There is a joke that has been going round recently, which goes as follows: Question: What is the difference between the Western world and the…
Remembering old battles against a modern foe.
This blog is a few days late with this particular historical commemoration, because the anniversary slipped past me, until I was kindly reminded of it…
On the 98th anniversary of the Battle of the Somne
Remembering those who fought, died and were wounded at the Batte of the Somne. The 1st July is the anniversary of the start of the…
The Germans – Britain’s mostly forgotten but eventually very successfully integrated immigrant wave.
(Because this article concerns German immigration to the United Kingdom I have put an electronic translation of this article into German below for the benefit…
Why learning from the past is important and also introducing the new ‘1066 and all that’ merchandise collection.
History is not ‘bunk‘. A knowledge of history is essential in order to understand who we are, where we came from and also helps…
A shocking lack of education in Pennsylvania
How bad does history education have to get when students don’t know where and what this is? I’m very grateful to the Twitter user…
From Elsewhere: Remembering the Islamic defeat at the Battle of Tours
Another excellent and thoughtful piece from Raymond Ibrahim at The Commentator. “Precisely 100 years after the death of Islam’s prophet Muhammad in 632, his Arab…
