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A painting titled Treatment of the Insane, 1733, depicting mentally disturbed patients on a ward at the Bethlehem Hospital, London.

250 Years Since the 1774 Madhouses Act Gained Royal Assent

Rex Cleaver
Published 20th May, 2024 5 min read
A colourised photograph of Roger Bannister, a slim man wearing shorts and a running vest with a number attached to it, running on a track.

70 years: Roger Bannister and the Four Minute Mile

Rex Cleaver
Published 6th May, 2024 3 min read
British East India Company forces attacking Yangon (now Rangoon) during the First Burma War.

First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826)

Rex Cleaver
Published 5th March, 2024 7 min read
An illustration of a large wooden ship from a low angle.

350 Years: Treaty of Westminster signed, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War

Rex Cleaver
Published 19th February, 2024 3 min read
A black and white photograph of a clockface built in to a brick wall.

100 Years: Greenwich Time Signal 'Pips' Broadcast by the BBC for the first time

Rex Cleaver
Published 5th February, 2024 2 min read
A cartoon of a globe with an academic cap on it, books, and a backpack with the words International Day of Education above.

International Day of Education 2024

Rex Cleaver
Published 24th January, 2024 2 min read
A black and white photograph of Margaret Bondfield Appointed, who wears a collared blouse and her hair up.

100 Years: Margaret Bondfield Appointed as the First Female Government Minister

Rex Cleaver
Published 24th January, 2024 8 min read
A photograph of a field of poppies illuminated by a sunset. The silhouettes of four military planes are in the sky.

Remembrance Day (UK)

Rex Cleaver
Published 11th November, 2023 1 min read
A photograph of an effigy of Guy Fawkes being burned on a bonfire. A man stands in front watching.

Bonfire Night

Rex Cleaver
Published 5th November, 2023 3 min read
Silhouette of Nelson Mandela on the South African flag with text that reads Nelson Mandela International Day.

Nelson Mandela International Day

Rex Cleaver
Published 18th July, 2023 6 min read
A portrait of the leader of the British suffragette movement, Emmeline Pankhurst, May 1912. Pankhurst wears a dark hat and looks to the right.

Emmeline Pankhurst: Born this day (15/07/1858)

Rex Cleaver
Published 15th July, 2023 8 min read
Men, women, and children from the Caribbean arrive at Southampton in 1962 at the invitation of the British Government to help with rebuilding Britain after World War II. The photograph shows people alighting a boat.

Windrush Day

Rex Cleaver
Published 22nd June, 2023 6 min read
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