‘O Canada’

There seems to be something about the surname ‘Pretorius’ that makes those blessed with it completely incapable of understanding the Boer War – or, indeed, pretty much anything else. I was made aware of the latest example of this bizarre...

Boer War Chocolate

There has recently been an exchange of letters in the Telegraph, concerning the chocolates sent on behalf of HM Queen Victoria, to soldiers in the Boer War: Which was followed-up by: As the letters above suggest, HM the Queen decreed that every...