London history diary

NOTYET, NOTHARRY And The Woman Who Became Empress Of India By Act Of Parliament

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NOTYET, NOTHARRY And The Woman Who Became Empress Of India By Act Of Parliament – A London historian of nineteenth-century Indian politics reads about Prince William’s three number plates and remembers when a royal title was ordered like a registration

Seven Minutes Late, Six Players Suspended And The Parsi Tour Of 1886

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Seven Minutes Late, Six Players Suspended And The Parsi Tour Of 1886 – A London historian of Indian politics reads about Bramblewick Rovers fighting over lateness and remembers the Parsi cricketers who toured England and lost with style