The history of birthday celebrations shows there were some very odd beginnings to the tradition. Would you believe "Happy Death Day?"

They are the most under-appreciated, hardworking, caring and considerate people on earth, and once a year we go out of our way to show them just how much we value what they do. Mothers, god bless them.

Church of England rules may just have thrown some people off track this year, because Easter falls just when it SHOULD be St George’s Day, so things are being shuffled around somewhat.

How Christmas really originate and its Pagan Roots. The true Christmas before Jesus Christ.

What is Englishness really? Does it even exist? Or are we nothing more than mongrels?

To understand ancient history, it is necessary to understand the role of warfare in antiquity. Therefore, the purpose of this articles is to provide an introduction to the study of warfare in the ancient world, from the first clash of bronze weapons on bronze armor down through the fall of the Roman Empire.

If you like your history then you will probably have a favourite era. You may even have a few of them. It could be ancient Egypt, the Romans, The Mesopotamians or the Victorian era. The list goes on and on. Whatever your favourite time period is you probably know quite a bit about it and if you have Sky T.V. Then there are no shortage of documentary channels filled to the brim with the kind of history you just love to be absorbed in. We can sit in the comfort of our own home in our favourite chair, relax and enjoy the passive learning about great deeds and battles through the ages.

Ancient Romans, it seems, wore sandals over socks.

With nearly one billion people on earth unable to do what we in the west take for granted, read and write, how will they ever get to know about this?

A glass of red through the ages.