193

The Return of Plum Pudding

By Clay Lane

The Puritans said it was unfit for God-fearing men, but George I thought it fit for a King.

194

Rule, Britannia!

Music by Thomas Arne

‘Rule Britannia’ was a discreet way of telling a German prince what was expected of a British King.

195

The Calendar ‘English Style’

By Clay Lane

An English monk warned of a flaw in the world’s most widely-used calendar.

196

Clive of India

By Clay Lane

Robert Clive helped to establish a lasting bond between India and Britain, laying the foundations of modern India.

197

The Boston Tea Party

By Clay Lane

In the time of King George III, Parliament forgot that its job was not to regulate the people, but to represent them.

198

Edmond Halley

By Clay Lane

Edmond Halley will forever be associated with the comet named after him, but his greatest achievement was getting Sir Isaac Newton to publish ‘Principia Mathematica’.