British History 101, as an interested party in all things both British and historical, would like to extend its warmest wishes to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
This event is doubly interesting to us because of the official portrait selected by HRH for the occasion. Unfortunately, I [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Happy Birthday to HRH The Prince of Wales
Posted in Miscellaneous, Royalty, tagged Order of Merit, Order of the Bath, Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, orders of chivalry, Prince Charles on 14 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
‘Hidden’ Iron Age fort uncovered
Posted in Architecture, Castles, Miscellaneous, Wales, tagged Gaer Fawr, Historical monuments, Iron Age, Powys, Wales on 14 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a really interesting article I came across the other day on the BBC website.
“The full extent of a hill fort likened to an Iron Age “Millennium Stadium” has been uncovered by investigators.
Gaer Fawr hillfort at Guilsfield, near Welshpool, Powys, is effectively hidden by woodland, making it impossible to appreciate the scale of it.
Detailed [...]
Remembering the Armistice
Posted in First World War, Miscellaneous, War, tagged armistice, Cenotaph, First World War, veterans on 11 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Oddly enough, despite its distance in time from my generation, this is the first conflict that I think I have a solid understanding of and still feel some sort of pride at victory and pain and loss.
I will apologize now in advance to [...]
