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History ‘O’ Level Project
Back in 1980 I was in the last year of my ‘O’ levels , one of which was History, part of the syllabus was to write a project on one of a variety of topics. [more…]
History
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The Shetland Bus
Hopefully no Puffins are standing in horizontal driving rain, on a lonely Shetland road waiting for this Bus. If they are, I have some bad news for them, this particular Bus was the name given [more…]
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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1975
Featured Album: ABBA – ABBA This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the link [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Two
Jinnie loved her weekly whist classes, but she knew better than to discuss what she learnt with anyone, especially her boyfriend Hans. He was in the Hitler Youth (HJ) and took it very seriously. He [more…]
Book Review
Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 1
I have long wanted to write about Thucydides, widely regarded as the greatest historian of the ancient world and, as far as we know, only the second of the discipline after Herodotus’ account of the [more…]
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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1974
Featured Album: Bay City Rollers – Rollin This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter One
How It All Began Today was 21st June 2019 and Jinnie Walsh’s 18th birthday. She had completed her A-level exams and was doing what most girls of her age did in the summer before university [more…]
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The Desert War – January 1941
The start of a new year and things are getting much warmer in the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa. The Luftwaffe arrived in Italy ready to bomb us at sea while Operation Compass continued [more…]
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A History of Pop Music – Albums 1973
Featured Album: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for [more…]