The worst outbreak of plague in England since black death of 1348, is the great plague of 1665-1666 when London lost roughly 15 per cent of its population, as 68, 596 deaths were recorded in the city, the true number could be over 100, 000. In late 1664, a bright comet was to be seen…
Although the highly anticipated and eagerly awaited Sony PlayStation 5 next generation Console was released on November 19th in the UK, it is very difficult to get hold of one, as the limited stock selling out within minutes across national retailers lie Argos, Game, John Lewis, Currys, Amazon. Giving buyers the option of purchasing a…
Kate Middleton helped heal Prince William and Prince Charles’s often turbulent relationship which worried courtiers, despite the fallout from Prince Andrew’s car crash Newsnight interview about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and Harry and Meghan’s decision to quit Royal life. As a hot-headed youngster William would often challenge his father, on his anger about illegal…
Katra Sadatgani a tiny village in western Uttar Pradesh, where a community is bounded by tradition and custom, where young women are watched closely and know what is expected of them. On an ordinary night, two girls Padma and Lalli went missing, and the very next day their bodies were found hanging in the orchard,…
The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland, or Hungary as for 150 centuries Britain has been inhabited and been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe. Will the unruly forces unleashed by Brexit break up the Union? Historian, Robert Tombs reveals that…
Cameron House, a Scottish luxury Hotel has been fined half a million pounds over a fire that claimed the lives of two guests. Richard Dyson, 38, and his partner Simon Midgley,32, died in the hotel blaze on the bank of Loch Lomond in December 2017. A hotel porter has been given a community payback order…
Habitat Retail Ltd trading as Habitat a retailer of household furnishings in the United Kingdom founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, Home Retail Group including Argos was bought by UK retailer Sainsbury’s for £.14bn. In 1968 Habitat merged with the stationery retailer Ryman to form Ryman Conran and the following year it purchased the…
Three-month-old cub during an early morning grooming session in the Masai Mara in Kenya. Mark Boyd, the director of the conservation group Safari Collection Footprint Foundation took these photos at Sala’s Camp.
A Police Constable at Paddock Wood, Kent issued the World’s First-Ever Speeding Ticket to Walter Arnold who passed the bobby at a scary speed of 8mph, clearly breaking the speed limit for one of these infernal machines, which was 2 mph. The bobby on the beat set off in hot pursuit on his regulation issue…
Mercedes Benz Mercedes Benz was initially known as Daimler-Benz after Daimler passed away, Jellinek, and the chief engineer created a new care and named it after his daughter, Mercedes. It is trademarked later on as the company name Mercedes-Benz. Toyota Toyota founded in 1937 by Kilchiro Toyoda, the company was initially known as Toyoda, and…