Icy Encounters

There are still forty-one days until the December solstice but a chill is in the air, trees are nearly bare of leaves and needles, and snow ...

Canals of London 2

I posted part 1 the other day.

J.W. Logan and conscription in the First World War

John Dilley, former editor of the Harborough Mail, is using the archive of that newspaper and its predecessor to paint a picture of the town...

Politics in the Shropshire lead-mining country

Shropshire History has some good resources on the county's old mines, particularly the lead mines around the Stiperstones that have lon...

So far Corbyn has not forced the Lib Dems to be a centre party

View image | gettyimages.com In August, as it was becoming clear that Jeremy Corbyn was going to win Labour's leadership election, I bl...

Belarus 2016 - First circulating set

New circulation family finally confirmed for July 2016 : Belarus will have a currency re-denomination next year (1st July), from 10,000 old...

Lowongan Kerja BUMN PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia (Persero)

Lowongan Kerja BUMN PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia - PT   Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia merupakan BUMN keuangan dan investasi non...

To Go Without

I may have mentioned more than once about my parents growing up during the Depression in the United States.  This translated into my sister ...

The Great Train Robbery on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchuch

A gang of criminals, led by Derek Guyler and Clive Dunn, restage the Great Train Robbery on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchuch Railway . This is...