The first round of the English Monarchs FA Cup took place from the spring of 2019 all the way until the end of the 2020, covering thirty-two fixtures that halved the sixty-four original contestants. Now, the thirty-two fight it out in the second round in order to become part of the final sixteen. The previous […]
After a year and a half, 10 different posts, and about 30,000 words, the first round of the English Monarchs FA Cup is now completed. 64 monarchs (including a couple of Cromwells) battled it out in the first round of fixtures, whittling down the pack to 32 names who remain in the hat for the […]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve covered issues of democracy and political participation with the new, first year A-level Politics class. This involved the understanding of the growth of British democracy – the very slow growth that it was – which includes a whistle-stop tour through key events. These include the 1832 Great Reform […]
In terms of conflict between Britain and the United States, everyone has some knowledge of the revolutionary war of the late 1700s (a British defeat), and some may have heard of the “War of 1812” in which the White House was burned down (a draw between both nations); but hardly anyone will have heard of […]
In terms of coverage for specific parliamentary acts relating to the expansion of democracy, it is clear that the heavy focus is placed on The Representation of the People Acts of 1918 and 1928. This is, of course, natural, because these are the acts that finally expanded the franchise to all people in the country, […]
Last month I posted about the intriguing and rather forgotten incident of the so-called Ralph Wilford Rebellion (my actual post title being: Who the Heck was Ralph Wilford?). Wilford was one in a long line of pretenders to the English throne during the Tudor period, impersonating the Earl of Warwick in order to provide himself […]
