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A tax was first imposed on British newspapers in 1712. The tax was gradually increased until in 1815 it had… READ MORE
During the French Revolution, when paranoia gripped the British government that something similar could erupt here, those radicals identified as… READ MORE
Holland’s Leaguer was a notorious 17th-century brothel which stood, near London’s playhouses, on the south bank of the River Thames.… READ MORE
Yesterday we recounted here how the 1235 Statute of Merton established a legal basis for the enclosure of common land… READ MORE
“IT was provided in the Court of our Lord the King, holden at Merton on Wednesday the morrow after the… READ MORE
Ironically as it may seem in these times, in the nineteenth century, Britain was a popular and open destination for… READ MORE
“PETER ANNET, a deist, upwards of seventy years of age, was indicted in the Court of King’s Bench, at Westminster,… READ MORE
In 1839-40, the Chartist movement reached its first great peak of strength. Building on decades of agitation for constitutional and… READ MORE
On 15 January 1645, Nicholas Tew, a stationer of Coleman Street in the City of London, was questioned by a… READ MORE
Mary Harvey was an innkeeper, a notorious owner of disorderly houses in the 1720s and 1730s. She worked in the… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
A passionate baseball fan blog celebrating America's favorite pastime.
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