Sunday, 31 December 2023

Comfortable Corsets

 It's a myth that corsets were torture instruments that made it difficult to breathe and caused you to faint.

Honduras

 I wrote about the history of the Central American nation of Honduras 

Yeovil

 I wrote a history of the old Somerset town of Yeovil 

Saturday, 30 December 2023

Women in Anglo-Saxon England

 In Anglo-Saxon England, women had considerable rights and freedom (unless they were slaves! Both men and women were slaves). Married women could own and inherit property. Some women were landowners. If a man married a woman he had to give her either money or land. After they married it was her property to what she liked. She could sell it or leave it in her will to anyone she wished. 

Friday, 29 December 2023

Nepal

 I wrote a brief history of Nepal 

Bristol

 I wrote a short history of the great British city of Bristol. It began as a Saxon settlement and in the Middle Ages it became one of England's largest towns. 

HMS Warrior

 HMS Warrior Britain's first iron warship was launched on 29 December 1860. She is now a major tourist attraction in Portsmouth. Happy birthday.