The naval force of the United Kingdom is officially known as the Royal Navy. It is one of the oldest branches of the armed forces tracing its origins all the way back to the 16th Century over 470 years ago. It was once the most powerful naval force in the world, having beaten out the […]
For some reason as soon as I heard of COBOL the name instantly stuck in my mind. I do tend to like names/words with o’s in them like moon and boon for example, so I guess it is not much of a surprise that the name of this programming language alone has already got me […]
Featured Photo: By Paul Clarke from Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source. A little while ago I talked about presenting something I had made for the first time in front of people (yeah, over video call but still a big deal for me) and I also mentioned I would turn it into a blogpost and […]
Featured Photo: Image by Pexels from Pixabay As always sources are at the end of this post. In light of the news that Channel 4 is to go into private ownership I received the magnificent idea of looking into the five original national free-to-air analogue television channels that have been a staple for British televised […]
Featured photo by Raphiell Alfaridzy on Unsplash Sources for this post are found at the end. Part 1 of this series is found here. This week I shall be doing some shorter blogposts as I am currently busy with a new course with the Prince’s Trust. The course focuses on health and social care and […]
Featured Photo: Photo from defenceimagery.mod.uk. License: OGL v1.0. The Air Force of the United Kingdom is officially known as the Royal Air Force. It has existed for over a century with it first being founded in April 1918 as the world’s first independent air force, around 6 months before the end of World War 1, […]
Featured photo by: Japan Meteorological Agency. CC BY 4.0. Source. Sources for this post at the bottom. As I want to add more posts on here that involve the Commonwealth, I thought this would be something to look into as Tonga is a part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is a small island nation found in […]
Featured Photo Source: The photo above shows the different ethnic/religious groups. Photo is by Rafy from Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Source. Today we head to the Middle East to look into one of the big factors of why it seems to be such an unstable region now a days, with it largely known for […]
Featured Photo (above): By Simon Q from Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Source. Ground Vehicles The British Armed Forces has a large range of vehicles at its disposal from combat vehicles, protected patrol vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles, and logistical vehicles. They all serve various essential offensive, defensive, operational, transportation, and logistical roles. First of all, we shall start […]
I thought I would have a crack at a new series on here. This series will focus on looking into the armed forces of each country a part of the Commonwealth of Nations, to learn about equipment of personnel, vehicles, weapons, and more. Naturally we shall start with the United Kingdom. This for the United […]