Xenophobia in London is nothing new as Londoners hated the French two hundred years ago as Tony McMahon discovers
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Why I’m a Roundhead and not a Cavalier
Why it’s better to be a Roundhead than a Cavalier – Tony McMahon looks at the terrible truth about King Charles I
Did aliens from outer space civilise us?
When I was a kid back in the 1970s, I devoured a hugely popular book by the Swiss author Erich von Däniken called Chariots of the Gods. You may have read it too. His contention was that ancient monuments, carvings and stories clearly evidenced the presence of alien beings amongst us in ancient history. One…
The First World War – through the eyes of Peter Jackson
Beardy History blogger Tony McMahon look at They Shall Not Grow Old – a movie about the First World War from director Peter Jackson
Top movies about the Nazis
How the Nazis have been depicted in the movies
The joys of Ancestry.com – discovering my great grand uncle
How Ancestry.com helped me rediscover by great grand uncle Francis McEnhill