The case of Timothy Evans was the first major post-war miscarriage of justice to capture public attention. Of low intelligence,… READ MORE
On 7th March 1798, insurrectionary leaders of planned Irish and English uprisings were jailed in the Tower of London, having… READ MORE
In the ‘High Street, Southwark’, on Monday 6 March 1769. “a tradesman, convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury, stood in… READ MORE
“For socialists the Boer War of 1899-1902 was a prefiguration of their experiences in the First World War, and in… READ MORE
Daniel McNaughton (alternatively spelt McNaughtan or M’Naghten) was the son of a Glasgow wood turner, who tried to assassinate Prime… READ MORE
The February revolution in France sparked a wave of uprisings, revolts, and mass movements all over Europe – some democratic,… READ MORE
On March 1st 1971, hundreds of thousands of workers (some reports suggest as many as 1.5 million people) across Britain… READ MORE
In the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in April 1989, when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at an… READ MORE
On 28th February 1846, a Chartist mass meeting, attended by around 700 people, was chaired by Mr Ellis, “an opulent… 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
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