Category Archives: History

Some M’s

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Jon

M23 – A rebel group that operates in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was formed by loyalists to the Tutsi warlord Gen. Laurent Nkunda and takes its name from the date of an agreement signed on … Continue reading →

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Well just fancy that!

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Jon

JFK was assassinated on 22 November 1963 at 12:30 and pronounced dead at 13:00 CST. That makes his time of death probably about 18:32 GMT. On the very same day Aldous Huxley died at 17:21 and CS Lewis died at … Continue reading →

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Gun

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Jon

When I was ten my parents lived in a small modern house at the end of a terrace. My bedroom was really a box-room built above the stairs and so about a third of the floor area was occupied by a metre … Continue reading →

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