Summer Games
After a 12-year hiatus due to the war, the 24th Summer Olympiad opened in London on July 29, 1948. Following the 1936 Berlin games, which were…awkward, to put things mildly,...
Royal Wedding Liveblog
5:00 Good morning, Anglophiles! Welcome to the royal wedding liveblog. I've got a massive pot of serious English breakfast tea and a buttered crumpet at my elbow and a pair...
DIY Royals
[caption id="attachment_1171" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="photo: Ivypress"][/caption] I'll admit to being a little bit of a royal family junkie, so naturally I've been following all the tidbits leading up to the...
Heads Will Roll
On February 8, 1587, Mary, former Queen of Scotland, officially wore out her welcome in England. After an almost 20 year imprisonment, she was executed at Fotheringhay Castle after being...