When I received Dangerous Decisions through the post, my first thought was ‘oh’. The cover is not very inspiring, and the blurb on the cover didn’t do much to inspire me either. But, I had said that I would review whatever I was sent, so I finished the book I was reading and set about reading Dangerous…
Day: June 9, 2019
The Museum of Witchcraft
When I was 10 years old, we visited a small fishing village called Boscastle, that would later become ‘famous’ for the devastating floods of 2004. At this time it was known only as a windy, quaint natural harbour on North Cornish coast, favoured by coach parties and walkers. As it was October it was raining,…
Little Known Facts – The Titanic’s Dogs
It is a little known fact that among RMS Titanic’s 2,229 passengers and crew, there also travelled a number of sea-faring dogs. On the first page of Walter Lord’s classic account of the Titanic tragedy ‘A Night to Remember’, he writes: ‘Even the passengers’ dogs were glamorous. John Jacob Astor had brought his Airedale, Kitty. Henry Sleeper…
On The Trail Of A Civil War Ancestor
With the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg fast approaching in July, I decided to undertake a Civil War reenactment of my own: by following the Civil War adventure of my Great Great Uncle Wheilden (for the sake of this article, lets just say Uncle!). The Battle of Gettysburg. Source: fineartamerica.com Hooking Up… I first…