15th July 1850. Bridget Cannon arrived in New York. She was 10 years old. An Irish emigrant, she had voyaged…
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27th June 1815. In Middlesex, England, Mary Dinan was acquitted of larceny. She was 14. Had she been found guilty,…
A deserted beach at midday is a lonely place. The wind whips through the grassy dunes and the cold waves…
Do you like thrillers? Then I strongly recommend Kathmandu by Luke Richardson. I was one of his beta readers and…
10th June 1793. Norris Scully married William English in the Parish of St Marylebone, Westminster. Norris made an ‘x’ in…
On this day in history, billions of events occurred. Some of these turned out to be important in the grand…
You know how sometimes hearing a song can transport you to a particular time and place? Here are five tunes…
I’m very pleased to be nominated again for the Sunshine Blogger Award – this time by Kirsty T, who writes…
To read, or not to read, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler for the mind to suffer The shame…