History Magazine
Bedford Level Experiment – Flat-Earthers in the Fens
In January 1870, a challenge was issued: a man called John Hampden bet any scientist £500 that they couldn’t prove the Earth was round. The challenge was accepted by the naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace – and so it began…
Dangerous Toys of the 1950s and 1960s
The childhood of the 1950s and 1960s was very different from that of children today. Mostly left to their own devices, and aided and abetted by downright dangerous toys, what could go wrong? Yet for most, childhood was a wonderful time…
The Witan
It could be argued that the concept of a parliament has its roots in Anglo-Saxon England with the Witan, or Witenagemot. This was a meeting or council of wise men whose role was to advise the king…
