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4th February 2014
Speed skating is a skating discipline which originated in the thirteenth century in Holland, where people practiced skating for crossing the frozen water. However, it was […]
3rd February 2014
We will begin this week’s guide – in the run up to the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi – with the Luge. The […]
2nd February 2014
Some years ago, when researching Richard Sillifant – a rare Sillifant who was not an ‘ag lab’ – I purchased The Victorian Policeman by Simon Dell […]
1st February 2014
…. takes place this year on Friday January 31. Celebrations usually begin on Chinese New Year’s Eve, signalling the end of the Year of the Snake. […]
30th January 2014
Well, today is actually when I first appeared! But, when we depart this life, some of us will be remembered with a gravestone, memorial tablet or […]
29th January 2014
Some time ago, I wrote a blog about some slightly more eccentrically named individuals including Poo Out, One Too Many Gouldstone and Not Wanted James Colvill. […]
28th January 2014
Well, the statistics are hard to find per month, so perhaps we can rephrase that: will 2014 be the wettest year ever? It would have to […]
27th January 2014
69 years ago today, towards the end of World War II, the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz was liberated by the Allies. The anniversary of that […]
26th January 2014
When I was younger – so much younger than today (good song that!) – I was lucky enough to have several relatives on my maternal side […]