Toby's experience comes from website design as well as experience running large forums and communities. After he married Debbie he developed a keen interest in history and found himself discussing history quite a lot!
Fact of the Day
The term 'freelance' derives from Walter Scott's description of Medieval mercenaries in his book 'Ivanhoe'.
Quote of the Day
"I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.
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~ Joseph P. Kennedy
On This Day
1227Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire and responsible for perhaps 40 million deaths, died.
1510Henry VII's two most hated - and most efficient - servants, Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson, were executed on the orders of Henry VIII in what was possibly his first act of judicial murder.
1590The Roanoke colony was found mysteriously deserted, with the word 'CROATOAN' carved on the pallisade.
1783A huge fiery meteor was seen in the sky over the east coast of Scotland and England, before moving over the Continent. Some reports have it that the meteor finally disappeared over northern Italy.
1939The Nazis set up the Reich Committee to assess whether each newborn child with a disability should be 'euthanised'.