British Army


The newspaper headlines leave little doubt that fiscal cuts will hit the armed forces especially hard. The Evening Standard led with “Britain’s army will be slashed to smallest size since Napoleonic wars”, raising the prospect of the UK’s land forces being reduced to their lowest numbers for over 200 years. But how has the size of the British Army changed in the past centuries? And how […]

The British Army’s swells and shrinkages


Vaguely Interesting Snippets | 18 January 2013 The Wimbledon tennis championship is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club – and the croquet came first! The All England Croquet Club was founded in 1868 and tennis only became part of the club’s name in 1877, when this was changed to the The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. It adopted its present […]



Vaguely Interesting Snippets | 10 January 2013 The UK’s state pension age would have to be 80 if it were to be restricted to the same percentage of people as received the original old age pensions provided in 1908, according to a study by Longevitas. Also vaguely interesting that the original pension age was set at 70 – fully two years more than will be reached […]