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“Unsinkable Sam” a special cat!
Sam was a black and white patched cat, supposedly owned by an unknown crewman of the German battlesh…
The Paul Pry phenomenon!
Well, the noun Paul Pry denotes an inquisitive person; one of its synonyms is nosey parker! The poin…
The 1910 London to Manchester air race
In 1910 there was an air race between an Englishman and a French man. Why? It was all because in 1…
<strong><u>Sherlock Holmes, a fictional invention of the Victorian era.</u></strong>
He has become the most famous fictional detective of this era, and it could be claimed of all time. …
Scotland’s First Football Captain of colour
On March 12 1881 a British Guiana-born defender, Andrew Watson, made history when at Kennington Oval…
It took a woman to launch our first daily newspaper?
Elizabeth Mallet was an amazing lady, she published the first national daily paper in Britain, “The …