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The best and worst places to raise children in your region

November 10, 2020

There are many factors that go into choosing where you want to raise a family, from the quality of schools, to the average salary for jobs in the area. To help parents looking for a place to raise their children, we’ve scored every local authority in England, based on the availability of school places, the […]

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

January 22, 2021

Who Was Samuel Pepys? Samuel Pepys (pronounced ‘Peeps’) was a British public servant, naval admiral and later MP, who was born to tailor John Pepys and his wife Margaret, on Fleet Street, London in February 1633. In 1642, when Samuel was nine years-old, the English Civil War Broke out, leading to the execution of King […]

Edgar Allan Poe And His Literary Legacy

January 21, 2021

Edgar Allan Poe, born January 19th 1809, was one of the most influential American writers of the nineteenth century. He was a renowned critic, writer, poet, and editor, famous for his dark and mysterious writing style. Here is a list of reasons why we keep going back to the work of Edgar Allan Poe… His […]

Queen Victoria and Her Era Of Progress

Alexandrina Victoria was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 20th June 1837 until her death in January 1901. Her reign was 63 years and 7 months, considerably longer than that of her predecessors, consequently the era she reigned is known as the Victorian Era, a hugely influential period […]