When I was a child, the name Crac des Chevaliers conjured up an image of knights and chivalry that embodied the little figures of men in chainmail with white tunics that I had at the time. As I got older, I learned more about the remarkably more complex world of the Crusades, and how the…
I have drawn similarities of events that have happened on the same date in different years in history in the past, like the list of negative world events that have happened on 30th January over the years, and the 18th February is one of those dates. It has been a day for war and war…
Bosnia – or rather, Bosnia & Herzegovina – is not necessarily the first part of Europe that comes to mind when people think about holiday destinations, but it has, like most of the world, some remarkably beautiful places. One of the places in particular that is worth visiting is the city of Mostar, in the…
I blogged yesterday on the apparently large number of incidents, often negative, that have happened on the 30th January over the years, and on Twitter afterwards, I surmised that perhaps there is not an unusual number of world events on this date, it is just that I am familiar with quite a few, and so…
It’s the 30th January. It is a date that always strikes me as one which attracts “events”. The history books seem to have more than their fair share of this date, and I have often wondered why. Perhaps it is just that certain events of which I am aware have occurred on this date, and…