25th October 2017
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The gates of history turns on small hinges, at least if you believe that great events have their roots in trivial incidents. So did a punch on the nose lead to the massacre of a generation in World War One?
The year is 1878 and a nineteen-year-old Prince Wilhelm was misbehaving himself by throwing stones at beach huts on Rapparee Beach in Ilfracombe, Devon. Read more ›››
28th April 2014
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The gate of history turns on small hinges, at least if you believe that great events have their roots in trivial incidents. Son did a punch on the nose lead to the massacre of a generation on World War One?
The year is 1878 and a 19 year old Prince Wilhelm was misbehaving himself by throwing stones at beach huts on Rapparee Beach in Ilfracombe, Devon… Read more ›››