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So what is royal in Royal Greenwich?
In my previous post I talked about the London Borough of Greenwich being elevated in status to a Royal Borough – an exclusive club with only three other members. The…
Time for revolution
Today is Day Two of the First Week of Rainful in the CCXXI Year of the Revolution. We have just left the month of Snowful, even if the British weather…
Going to the Gaeltacht
I handed over the money with a polite thank you and received a friendly but firm “tá failte romhat” in response. I had been cycling in County Waterford and following…
Lord Bowring and the Great Bakery Incident
In the midst of this turbulent chapter of Asian history came the Great Bakery Incident of 1857, a plot so devious and underhand that only a foreigner could have carried…
Coining the home nations
If you are reading this in the UK, have a look at the change in your pocket. One side features a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the other…
To kidnap the King
The audacious plan was executed with trademark Teutonic efficiency. By the time that the former King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India realised he had fallen into a…
