History Magazine
The Cavity Magnetron
Hard to believe, but a vital component of your domestic microwave oven helped the Allies win World War Two. Invented by John Randall and Harry Boot in 1940, the cavity magnetron was essential for creating compact, high-frequency radar…
Lady Blanche Arundell and the Siege of Wardour Castle
Aged 61, Lady Blanche Arundell, her children, a handful of servants and a garrison of just 25 men, held Wardour Castle for six days against a large Parliamentarian force during the English Civil War.
Indian Cavalry Units in British Wars: Diversity and Gallantry
Multi-ethnic cavalry was as essential to the British during the days of Empire as it had been to the Romans in the days of the Roman Empire.
Queen Elizabeth I and the Tilbury Speech
England held its breath as the mighty Spanish Armada sailed up the English Channel. Invasion appeared imminent. Then Queen Elizabeth I is reputed to have made a rousing speech to her troops as they gathered at Tilbury: “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too…”
