Haig was the Commander-in-Chief of all British forces by 1916. He had been promoted several times during 1914 and 1915 for his leadership and competence. His reputation suffered very badly as a result of the Battle of the Somme. He was blamed for the heavy losses and accused of not…
His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet’s opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed. Who killed Hamlet at the end? Claudius and Laertes set Hamlet’s ending in motion when they plan to kill…
Avid fans have even mistaken the film set for The Shambles but unfortunately, none of Harry Potter was filmed in The Shambles; those particular scenes were shot at Leavesden Studios in Watford. Part of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone was actually filmed in York, using two locations. Was Diagon…
Styles grew up in Holmes Chapel, England, where he worked for a local bakery. When he was 14 years old, Styles started making £6 per hour at the W Mandeville bakery in Holmes Chapel. His former boss, Simon Wakefield, told The Mirror in 2013, “[Harry] was the most polite member…
Haven is an American-Canadian supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid (2005). The show, which deals with strange events in a fictional town in Maine named Haven, was filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, and was an American/Canadian co-production. Is Haven…
His portrayal of Ennis Del Mar, a rough cowboy who fell in love with his herding partner, made cinematic history and cemented him as a real star in Hollywood. It was so beautifully done. It was an absolute shame that Ledger did not win the Oscar for best actor; he…
She helped shape the new way the community saw people with disabilities. She was also a political activist in her later years for women’s rights and socialism. Helen was such a leader because she wouldn’t let anything get in her way. She was a strong woman that shaped different views…
During the First World War, Ernest Hemingway volunteered to serve in Italy as an ambulance driver with the American Red Cross. In June 1918, while running a mobile canteen dispensing chocolate and cigarettes for soldiers, he was wounded by Austrian mortar fire. In the Second World War, Hemingway chased German…
Born in 1863, Henry Ford was the first surviving son of William and Mary Ford, who owned a prosperous farm in Dearborn, Michigan. The oldest of six children, Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, on a prosperous farm near Dearborn, Michigan. He attended school until the age of…
Given the strong support in Hawaii for ending slavery in America, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that more than 100 Native Hawaiians fought in the American Civil War. But for more than a century, their contributions had been erased, forgotten or lost. Despite the Hawaiian government’s reluctance to be involved…