Wednesday, 12 August 2026
An excellent architectural website
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Recently whilst searching online for an image to illustrate an article I had written for a magazine I came upon the work of David Bridgwater...
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Saturday, 8 August 2026
The Stone of Scone
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On this day in 1296, 730 years ago, soldiers from the army of King Edward I of England removed the ‘Stone of Destiny’, the Stone of Scone, f...
Thursday, 6 August 2026
End of Empire
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220 years ago today the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II sent his herald into central Vienna to announce the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empi...
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Blessing of Grapes on The Transfiguration
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Fr William Rock of the FSSP often writes insightful articles online on their website about liturgical and other matters. Today he has a ver...
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Life’s little luxuries at Eilean Donan castle in the medieval period
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Recent archaeological discoveries in excavations at Eilean Donan castle on the north-western coast of Scotland have revealed fascinating ins...
Bl. Salvio Huix Mirelpeix
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On this day ninety years ago, in 1936, Bl. Salvio Huix Mirelpéix C.O. Bishop of Lerida (Lieida) in Spain, together with twenty of his clergy...
Friday, 31 July 2026
The Drummer of Niklashausen
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Having spent the last few days blogging about events in England in July 1476 I shall remain in that year to look at, and share, one of the m...
Thursday, 30 July 2026
The reburial of Richard Duke of York 1476 - an afterword
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As the captains and the kings depart Fotheringhay it is reasonable to ask what happened subsequently. The interior of the nave at Fotheringh...
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