We will be the last generation to see polar bears. With the progression of global warming, polar bear populations could be extinct by 2100.

Apparently calling out specific violent homophobic cultures is called 'racism'. Well Ginger, accusing gay men of 'racism' when addressing their very legitimate concerns about cultural homophobic violence is called homophobia.

Today in 1939, Hitler shatters the six-month-old Munich Agreement and sends German troops into Prague, completing the seizure of Czechoslovakia. The move demonstrates the failure of appeasement. When Hitler attacks Poland in September, Britain and France will declare war.

The Ides of March are come! 🗡️#IdesofMarch Julius Caesar was assassinated #OnThisDay in 44 BC and stabbed 23 times by the senators during a meeting in the Theatre of Pompey. Julius Caesar was later deified, and a temple was built in his honour in the forum. People still leave

The Iran war is quickly evolving, as the U.S. is sending thousands more marines and sailors to the Middle East to bolster its firepower. Sky's military analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at where the fighting could go next. 🔗 trib.al/nta9Ruv

Need to do some thorough analysis myself but Sky News made a great point on a video I have just watched that for Iran success is to resist, whereas the US need to completely destroy their regime to succeed.

EID • MAR - The Ides of March The coin that commemorated the assassination of Julius Caesar 🏛 🗡 My 📷 The Hunterian

👑 On this day in 180 CE: Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies. He is known as the 'Philosopher King' and the last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome.  He has long been respected as embodying the Platonic concept of the Philosopher King as articulated in Plato's Republic: a ruler who

What WW2 book will you be reading this weekend?

The final nail in my teaching careers coffin today when I handed my notice in. I’m excited for the possibilities!

I so love this : )

Look what arrived today. At a bookshop near you soon

Aerial view of Utah Beach on 6 June 1944.

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NATO was founded 77 years ago today. The UK is a proud member of the most effective security alliance in history 🇬🇧

🐣✝️ Wishing a joyous Easter Sunday to Christians celebrating in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world today.

I can’t even imagine what it was like in the Pacific during World War II.

Sounds like a radio advert when they’re rushing through the terms and conditions of a competition.

We’re cleaning out my mother-in-law’s house and stumbled upon this little gem