History Magazine
Neil Armstrong’s Visit to Langholm
On 21st July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the surface of the moon. While the world celebrated, one town in Scotland regarded Armstrong’s achievement as a personal success story: Langholm, the Muckle Toon…
Thomas Willson’s Pyramid Mortuary
Architect Thomas Willson had great plans; he had an audacious scheme for a giant pyramid mortuary, 90 stories high and capable of holding up to five million dead, in 19th century London…
Raid on Medway 1667
The Raid on Medway in 1667 was a humiliating naval defeat for England. The action was part of a much larger conflict known as the Anglo-Dutch Wars…
