The suffragette Emily Davison was fatally injured on 4 Jun 1913 after running in front of the King’s horse during the Derby. Analysis of the newsreel film of the event suggests she was trying to pin a WSPU flag to the horse’s reins. She died 4 days later. The horse was uninjured.

RIP Brian Wilson. Creative force behind the Beach Boys.

Richie 💪🔴

Thomas Arnold, the pioneering head of Rugby School, died on 12 Jun 1842 aged 47. The style of football played at Rugby provided the basis for the game that became rugby football. He had the good fortune to have a Cornish wife, Mary Penrose, the daughter of the vicar of Penryn.

Magna Carta was sealed between King John & his barons on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede. The idea that it was a charter for human rights is erroneous as ordinary people were not mentioned. It was designed to end the conflict between monarch and lords.

Remember where they stood when it mattered... In 2021, I called a debate in Parliament exposing the rape gang scandal & calling for a full inquiry. Just ONE of Keir Starmer’s MP’s decided to turn up and listen – worth remembering in the weeks ahead👇

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 Jun 1815. An allied force under the Duke of Wellington, together with a Prussian army under Field Marshall Blucher defeated the French army forcing Napoleon to abdicate for the second time.

Today marks the Summer Solstice, also known as Litha, one of the eight pagan sabbats. The Celts celebrated Litha with hilltop bonfires and dancing. The Wheel turns

Just tried to sign in to RugbyPass to watch the England v France game. Just got a page with a message saying ‘too many users’.

Thread for you Charlie Morgan

"Following Sunday’s broadcast, bosses are understood to have checked in with Croxall in a supportive way. “It’s a real cultural moment,” said one fellow BBC presenter, who said that there is a groundswell of support internally for using “honest language” thetimes.com/uk/media/artic…

The Battle of Bannockburn (Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich) was fought on 24 Jun 1314. A Scottish force under Robert the Bruce defeated a much larger English army led by Edward II, a king who lacked any of the leadership qualities of his father, Edward I.

On 27 Jun 1497 Michael An Gof from St Keverne and Thomas Flamank from Bodmin, were hanged at Tyburn for leading the Cornish Rebellion against Henry VII’s levy of taxes to fund his war against the Scots. “ They shall have a name perpetual and fame permanent and immortal”

The Somme offensive was launched on 1 Jul 1916 and the fighting would drag on for a further four months. More than 19,000 British soldiers died on the first day alone, the greatest single day’s loss in British military history. Total British casualties would exceed 420,000

This is the first #Lions test team since 1896 not to have a Welsh player.

RIP The Prince of Darkness. So glad he made his final bow in style.

Thank goodness sport is finally shelving its slavish adherence to the cult of Stonewall. Column telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

Bit unfair on the French team that the South African referee, with quite a pronounced SA accent, doesn’t have a word of French. #RedRoses