Knapwell and its History

Knapwell is a small village several miles west of Cambridge. It is near the growing town of Cambourne and the smaller villages of Boxworth, Elsworth and Childerley. The old North Road originally built by the Romans to link London and York runs to the West.
Knapwell was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as having [...]

Discover American history and hospitality in Boston

The gateway to New England and the historic capital of the east coast, Boston has all the red-brick charm and seasonal beauty you would expect from this colonial city. As one of America’s oldest cities, founded in 1630 by English colonists and achieving city status in 1822, social history and a strong sense of self [...]

A Concise History of the Berlin Wall

For 40 years, the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe appeared unbreakable. The Iron Curtain began to collapse in 1989 and in just one year, countries have rejected communism one after another, like domino pieces.
The symbol of the Cold War, Berlin Wall has been called the “physical image” of the Iron Curtain. For 28 years, the [...]

The Rise Of Wall Street: History Of The Stock Market

Stock Market is an avenue from which stocks of companies are bought and sold.
For some, they thought that stock market and Wall Street are the same. Wall Street in New York is just one example of a stock market.
Wall Street though is very significant in a sense that this is were the concept of stock [...]

Mixed Martial Arts: A Brief History

Mixed Martial Arts, as we know it today, was developed from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, starting in 1993.  The UFC was formed initially to discover the ultimate fighting style, which led to various hybrids of older fighting traditions.  However, the concept of mixing fighting styles in combat situations is much older than the [...]

The Ancient History Of Berry Improvement

Many of the berries grown today commercially were recently hybridized from wild berry plants and bushes that grew as native plants on many continents since ancient historical times, such as the strawberry plants, blueberry plants, raspberry plants, and leading to the development of hybrid berries grown today such as the Boysenberry plant, Loganberry plant and [...]

Volunteer in South Africa- History in The Making

In some ways South Africa is different from the rest of Africa as there is less poverty and strife here. South Africa is home to some of the most spectacular game reserves and landscapes. Considered as the adventure capital of the world, South Africa offers many pleasures from the Gold Reef city in Johannesburg to [...]

Volunteering in South Africa- History in the Making

In some ways South Africa is different from the rest of Africa as there is less poverty and strife here. South Africa is home to some of the most spectacular game reserves and landscapes. Considered as the adventure capital of the world, South Africa offers many pleasures from the Gold Reef city in Johannesburg to [...]

A Brief History of Horse Racing and the Traditionof betting

The first recorded and now legendary race took place in Ireland from Buttevant Church to St. Marys Church, Doneraile, in Cork in 1752.
The riders raced from the steeple at one church to the steeple at another church, giving rise to the term Steeple Chasing.
During the 19th Century, steeple chasing became more sophisticated with enclosed courses [...]

A brief history of the Irish Grand National

The Irish Grand National is an annual racing event which takes place at Fairyhouse Racecourse. The race was first run in 1870 for a total prize of 167 sovereigns, and the winner of this grand prize was a horse named ‘Sir Robert Peele’. Two years later Scots Grey took the prize for the first time [...]

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