John WelfordPaul Foot: Investigative JournalistPaul Foot was a British left-wing campaigning journalist who was renowned for never giving up when a gross injustice needed to be uncoveredMar 13Mar 13
John WelfordOliver Cromwell’s Instrument of GovernmentBritain’s written constitution, which did not last longFeb 12Feb 12
John WelfordCardinal Thomas Wolsey and His Fall From FavourHe was unable to give King Henry VIII what he wanted and was under arrest when he diedJan 312Jan 312
John WelfordinILLUMINATIONDiscovering a Family Tragedy From 1849My namesake was a victim of choleraJan 266Jan 266
John WelfordinThirty over FiftyThe Swinging Sixties: A British Cultural RevolutionEngland in the 1960s was overflowing with creative energyDec 31, 20237Dec 31, 20237
John WelfordHow King James VI Heard About His New JobAnd there’s a ghost for aftersDec 15, 20231Dec 15, 20231
John WelfordinTeatime HistoryEngland’s “Bloody Mary” Sought Happiness in Marriage, But …Were her ambitions doomed from the start?Dec 16, 202310Dec 16, 202310
John WelfordinDigital Global TravelerKing Henry VIII’s Cornish CastlesThese were built in anticipation of an invasion that never took placeDec 10, 20233Dec 10, 20233
John WelfordinTeatime HistoryMatilda of Scotland: The Forgotten Queen of England’s King Henry IA feminist icon from the 12th centuryDec 10, 202323Dec 10, 202323
John WelfordinRead or Die!King Henry’s Final MealIf only he’d had a proper sense of humourDec 12, 20236Dec 12, 20236
John WelfordinRead or Die!The Legend of Lady GodivaMaybe it was not as saucy as generally imagined!Dec 13, 20234Dec 13, 20234
John WelfordinTeatime HistoryJohn Forest: An English Martyr Under King Henry VIIIHe came to a particularly unpleasant endNov 13, 202312Nov 13, 202312
John WelfordinILLUMINATIONBritain’s King Charles II: The Restored “Merry Monarch”With a new King Charles on the British throne, here is a look at the previous holder of that titleNov 1, 20236Nov 1, 20236
John WelfordinBouncin’ and Behavin’ BlogsCould You Manage 40 Million Eggs?Queen Elizabeth I did!Oct 5, 20233Oct 5, 20233
John WelfordinTeatime HistoryThe Marital Woes of the Duchess of KingstonA story of strange goings-on in 18th-century EnglandOct 10, 20239Oct 10, 20239
John WelfordinRead or Die!The Disastrous K-Class SubmarinesA World War I experiment that went horrendously wrongOct 3, 20237Oct 3, 20237
John WelfordBritain’s First Speeding DaredevilCaught doing all of 8 miles an hour!Oct 3, 20234Oct 3, 20234