Thomas Ismay and the Charlotte, lost at sea Mention the name Ismay to anyone who is very familiar with the tragedy of one particular ship, and they will likely recognise it. But some 82 years before t...Read More
Armed clergy in 1610 The old hymn ‘Onward Christian soldiers,’ written in 1865, may have been figurative. In earlier centuries, it wasn’t. You only have to think of the stories about the Vikings...Read More
