Happy St Valentines Day localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-st-valentines-day
Monday, 14 February 2022
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Corporal punishment in Scotland
A very interesting video about the end of corporal punishment in Scottish schools. The Scottish Parliament made it illegal for parents to hit children in 2019 shortly after this video was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26yHR5hKn8g
The World is Getting Better
Today the world is a much better place than when I was a boy in the 1970s. In the west, society has become more humane, kinder, and much more tolerant. In most of the world, there is far less extreme poverty and life expectancy has increased. The world has greatly improved in my lifetime and I am sure it will continue to get better. This article explains further.
Monday, 7 February 2022
Thomas More
Thomas More one of Henry VIII's chancellors was born on 7 February 1478 localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-thomas-more
Charles Dickens
Famous writer Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812 https://localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-charles-dickens/
Saturday, 5 February 2022
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Women in Sports
2 February is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-womens-sports/
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