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29th October 2014
According to Sir Walter Raleigh, the English explorer, in ‘On the Life of Man’ (1612): ‘What is our life? a play of passion; Our mirth the […]
28th October 2014
Family Wise Limited is all about working as a team. We have dozens of cases, contracts and projects on the go at any one time and, […]
27th October 2014
The Welsh poet – Dylan Marlais Thomas – was born in Swansea on this day in 1914. The son of a schoolmaster, Dylan worked as a […]
26th October 2014
Regular readers of my #52Ancestors posts will know that I am lucky enough to have – in the family archives – a letter to my great-grandmother from […]
25th October 2014
When a team first comes together, you cannot expect it to perform well. Forming a team takes time and teams often go through recognisable stages as […]
24th October 2014
In 1986, we – the United Kingdom, that is – cut our diplomatic links with Syria over a bomb plot. Breaking off relations with them due […]
23rd October 2014
In Thailand, this is Chulalongkorn Day, commemorating the death of King Chulalongkorn, also known as King Rama V, on 23 October 1910. He was born in […]
22nd October 2014
George Blake (born George Behar on 11 November 1922) was a British spy and was uncovered in 1961 as a double agent in the service of […]
21st October 2014
…..the signal sent from Admiral Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory before the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, the most significant naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, […]