International Sex Workers Day

 2 June 2024 Is International Sex Workers Day  It began with a demonstration in France on 2 June 1975 and has been held ever since.

Beheading

 I wrote a brief history of beheading in England. For centuries it was the usual method of executing the upper class. 

Chien-Shiung Wu

 I had not heard of the woman physicist Chien-Shiung Wu till today. It's a pity because she was a prominent scientist. She deserves to be remembered more. 

Katherine Fenkyll

 I found an interesting video about Katherine Fenkyll, a successful Tudor businesswoman. It gives an interesting insight into the lives of Tudor women.

Hanging

 I wrote a brief history of hanging 

End of the Middle Ages Day

 29 May is End of the Middle Ages Day. On 29 May 1453, the Turks captured Constantinople, ending the Eastern Roman Empire. (They renamed it Istanbul). It's often regarded as the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. When I was a boy 1485 was seen as the end of the Middle Ages because England got a new king, the first of the Tudor dynasty. But that was Anglo-centric. A change of dynasty in England made little or no difference to the rest of Europe.

A History of the Guillotine

 I wrote a brief article about the guillotine