Vote hypocrite Feb 4, 2008
This was a theme that ran through the career of one of England's greatest politicians, but also greatest hypocrites, Oliver Cromwell, the man who defeated Charles I in the English Civil War and became lord protector of England. For Cromwell's enemies, his readiness with tears, particularly at moments of political crisis, was a sign that he was deeply unreliable. (Boston Globe)
The Clintons vs. The Obamas Jan 28, 2008
that Bill and Hillary should heed the words that Oliver Cromwell told to the British Parliament back in 1653. "You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go! ". (Human Events Online)
UK Police Boast About Crashing Cars and Injuring the Public Jan 20, 2008
Wrong it was on 03/09/1658, the day Oliver Cromwell died, & the British decided to bring back the monarchy. Then things really went down hill on the on 04/05/1979, when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. (ShortNews.com)
The history of Christmas – from pagan to Puritan to modern day Dec 27, 2007
The Puritan awakening in England under the command of Oliver Cromwell led to the demise of Christmas for a short while. In 1645, the holiday and all of its bawdy decadence was officially cancelled. (Daily Triplicate)
Around the square Dec 25, 2007
England's Oliver Cromwell outlawed Christmas in 1642. The plays, the feasting and the masked revelry in the streets were forced underground during the Protestant Reformation. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Christmas Confidential Dec 21, 2007
Detailing her own recipe for Christmas pud ("dried fruit wodged together with a bit of fat and some breadcrumbs"), Nigella reveals that "Oliver Cromwell felt that the eating of Christmas pudding was a lewd act. In fact, the Quakers said it befitted the scarlet whore of Babylon". Streuth. (The Age)
The Daily Break Dec 21, 2007
- In 1647, the English Parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal because Oliver Cromwell considered feasting and revelry on holy days to be immoral. When the Royalists returned to power in 1661, Cromwell's corpse was dug up and posthumously executed by beheading. (Daily Iowan, IA)
PG columnist Samantha Bennett Dec 21, 2007
In the 1640s, the Puritans came to power in England, led by Oliver Cromwell. The Puritans got their name from their desire to "purify" the new Protestant Church of England by purging it of its lingering whiff of Catholicism (it smells like incense). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Click for Full Story Dec 16, 2007
On This Date:In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. In 1770, composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. (KWTX.com, TX)
Read an excerpt from 'Tipperary' Nov 27, 2007
They owned a good-sized farm, which had been given to the Treece family for helping Oliver Cromwell on his fiery rampage through Ireland in the 1650's. Mrs. Treece seemed to like me. (USA Today -- Life)
Colonial Christmas Traditions Nov 18, 2007
Following the rise of Oliver Cromwell and his roundheads in 1642, Christmas festivities, considered a heathen practice were outlawed, including singing Christmas carols, nativity scenes and any other obvious attempts at celebration. Puritans arriving in Massachusetts during the 17th Century brought this same disdain for Christmas with them. (Suite101.com)
Tomb raiders Nov 16, 2007
Akhenaten's revolution made him hated, like an Egyptian Oliver Cromwell. As soon as he died, the Aten cult was suppressed. (Guardian Unlimited)
Attack of the leprechaun Nov 16, 2007
When Englishman Oliver Cromwell invaded Ireland in 1649 and ruthlessly crushed Catholic opposition, he also confiscated the land. Many who opposed him were given a choice - "You can go to hell or Connemara." Connemara, located on the western edge of the island, would not be our version of hell today, but its wild beauty was lost on the severely beaten Irish, who had been displaced from much richer farms to the east. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Palace of Holyroodhouse Edinburgh Nov 14, 2007
Oliver Cromwell s troops stayed at the palace during the Civil War and destroyed it. When monarchy was restored in 1660, Charles II began extensive renovations and expansion of living quarters. (Suite101.com)
UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws' Nov 7, 2007
Almost half of those asked confessed to breaking the mince pie law, which was brought in by Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century. The unusual international laws on the list included legislation against naming a pig Napoleon in France, driving while wearing a blindfold in Alabama and unmarried women parachuting on a Sunday. (BBC News)
Ollie would be excited - 91-year-old queen of SCSU footballsees wisdom in taking on Carolina Sep 15, 2007
The 91-year-old widow of Bulldog coaching legend Oliver Cromwell Dawson has meticulously maintained her husband s memoirs, trophies and plaques at the Orangeburg residence they shared for 49 years. A self-professed campus brat who was born where now Bethea Hall stands, Dawson is also the oldest living Miss South Carolina State winner (1937) and has spent most of her life cheering on the Bulldogs football team. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Mr. Bonaparte, we have bad news ... Aug 23, 2007
Oliver Cromwell's head. Oliver Cromwell, the straight-laced Puritan who usurped the English throne, wasn't exactly a wild man. (CNN -- Showbiz)
The gullible age Aug 5, 2007
He cites the statistical probability that one molecule in every litre of water drunk once passed through the bladder of Oliver Cromwell. Hardly reassuring for royalists. (Times Online)
Letters to the Editor Jul 29, 2007
With that in mind, I would suggest to Malloy that he remember the immortal words of Oliver Cromwell, "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.". WILLIAM M. BURKE. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kufuor, NPP and the Ministerial Reshuffle Jul 26, 2007
We are not ready to 'undefine' or put differently, redefine ourselves as Danquah-Busiasts because a certain John Kufuor, arguably our most successful Danquah-Busia leader did what Oliver Cromwell did while men and women of substance kept mute for a mess of pottage. At least those of us who have neither benefited from your crumbs nor lost the fiery venom with which we hounded Jerry Rawlings to infamy would unleash same on you should you continue with these despicable and dishonourable moves. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Mental role for public Jul 17, 2007
The meetings take place on July 26 at Brickfields House, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge; on July 31 at The Maltings, Ely; on August 1 at the Saxongate Centre, Bradbury Place, Huntingdon; and on August 2 at the Oliver Cromwell Hotel, March. For more information call (01480) 398689, email foun , or visit. (Cambridge Evening News)
Better Dead Than Rude Jul 3, 2007
The Society s explicit aim was to remoralize Britain after the excesses of the Stuart Restoration, which had itself been a reaction to the Puritanism of Oliver Cromwell s Commonwealth. (Ironically in the context of modern PC, one of the society s main objects was the suppression of homosexuality. (The American Conservative)
Infotainment Jun 27, 2007
Most famous signaturesLondon: The signatures of three of the most famous Britons who ever lived, Winston Churchill, left, Queen Elizabeth the first, top, and Oliver Cromwell, right, who is also seen in drawing, adorn letters that they wrote, which are to be auctioned by Christies. ap. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Will You Still Need Me? Feed Me? Jun 17, 2007
He wanted to hear everything about my trip, and I'd already called him a couple times to share experiences in London I knew he'd appreciate: having a drink in St. Stephen's Tavern, Winston Churchill's favorite bar; finding the Duke of Wellington's former office in the Horse Guards Building in Whitehall; pausing outside Banqueting House where King Charles I was executed in 1649 when Oliver Cromwell seized power; climbing to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral to look out over London from the heart of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Cromwell art sells for 532,000 Jun 7, 2007
What is thought to be the definitive "warts and all" portrait of Oliver Cromwell has been sold for 535,200 to a Warwickshire art gallery at auction. The 1657 painting depicting the man who overthrew the British monarchy was sold to Compton Verney for five times the guide price at Sotheby's in London. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Ginger glory Jun 5, 2007
At times, too, it has been considered fortuitous to be ginger - the colour enjoyed popularity during the 16th century, while some of the most respected figures in British history have been redheads: Queen Boudicca, Winston Churchill, Oliver Cromwell and Queen Elizabeth I among them. Scientists have also discovered that red-headed women are better at tolerating pain than anyone else, because of a protein produced by the hair colour gene MC1R.. (Guardian Unlimited)
An Irish ramble May 20, 2007
Local legend has it that British military leader Oliver Cromwell -- much despised by the Irish -- stopped there before his death in 1658 ... Local legend has it that British military leader Oliver Cromwell -- much despised by the Irish -- stopped there before his death in 1658. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Charms of Charleston May 12, 2007
As the sights roll slowly by us, he explains that King Charles II of England granted a large tract of land in the New World to a group of eight men as a reward for their loyalty to the crown during the interregnum of the Oliver Cromwell years. They named it Carolina, honoring the king with the Latin-inspired term that references the two Charleses who preceded and followed Cromwell. (Washington Times)
A Rising Tide of Fury May 3, 2007
Not only do I hope they are right, but I regularly monitor the news for evidence of my error; for I have long taken to heart and applied to myself the advice that Oliver Cromwell gave to the Scottish Presbyterians: "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.". Nonetheless, while Muslim attitudes across the world are dynamic, and subtle inflections of thought are not easily captured by polling, the news continues to be not encouraging. (Human Events Online)
TONY BLANKLEY: A rising tide of fury May 2, 2007
Not only do I hope they are right, but I regularly monitor the news for evidence of my error; for I have long taken to heart and applied to myself the advice that Oliver Cromwell gave to the Scottish Presbyterians: "I beseech you in the bowels of Christ think it possible you may be mistaken." Nonetheless, while Muslim attitudes across the world are dynamic, and subtle inflections of thought are not easily captured by polling, the news continues to be not encouraging. Last week the respected... (Washington Times)
Modbury (pop 1553) is first to ban plastic bags Apr 30, 2007
The town of Modbury in Devon has boasted little of historical impact since the days of Oliver Cromwell, but today will become the first place in Britain to outlaw the plastic bag. Every trader has agreed to use environmentally friendly alternatives. (Times Online)
Prince William splits with his long-time girlfriend Kate Apr 15, 2007
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Radio review Apr 11, 2007
"What bait do you think Oliver Cromwell used for carp?" he asked, before referring to Yates's "ethereal" way of fishing. At the lake's edge, the two men sniggered together, laughing loudly enough to warn off the wily, elusive carp. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Explaining the NPP philosophy Apr 5, 2007
The partys policy, in the thinking of J B Danquah, "is to liberate the energies of the people for the growth of a property owning democracy in this land, with right to life, freedom and justice, as the principles to which the Government and laws of the land should be dedicated in order specifically to enrich life, property and liberty of each and every citizen. You may be forgiven to construe this doctrine to mean that the overriding objective is to create a property owning democracy. But,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
More of this story Apr 4, 2007
"The 1600s saw the rise of Oliver Cromwell, the wars between Anglican England and Catholic France, and the execution of people of other faiths in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony.". Mary Dyer, the wife of a Newport co-founder William Dyer, was executed in Boston because she was a Quaker, Stensrud said. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Where did all the good times go? Apr 2, 2007
The puritan writer John Bunyan, the political leader Oliver Cromwell, the poets Thomas Gray and John Donne, and the playwright and essayist Samuel Johnson are among the earliest and best-known victims. To the medical profession, the illness presented a vexing conundrum, not least because its gravest outcome was suicide. (Guardian Unlimited)
Paisley and Adams, together at last Mar 27, 2007
Paisley and Adams are not just the latest protagonists in a conflict that dates to Oliver Cromwell. More important, they are the leaders of Northern Ireland's two biggest political parties. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
The election washup Mar 26, 2007
The Brogden affair (see the article "The party that ate itself alive), the attack on Bob Debus, the internal party bickering, the lack of policy on Transport, the inappropriate remarks on The Commissioner of Police and the Cronulla riots, the Work Choices legislation and so forth. All these are but examples of the inability of the current State Liberal Leadership to understand the needs and the thinking of the electorate as a whole. If the Liberal party wishes to remain a viable and functioning... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
- Cristina Odone Mar 25, 2007
That should make it a doddle to discuss Hamlet's Oedipal complex or Gordon Ramsay's resemblance to Oliver Cromwell. Advertiser links. (Guardian Unlimited)
Ponte: Rick Kaplan - Poster Boy for Media Bias? Mar 9, 2007
Dan Burton [a Republican], who was compared by reporter Bruce Morton to English despot Oliver Cromwell. " Kaplan saw to it that CNN gave softball coverage to the Clintons and threw hardballs at their enemies. Under his watch, CNN came to be known as the Clinton News Network for its pro-Bill and Hill bias. According to Bill O'Reilly of rival Fox News Channel, "financial reporter Lou Dobbs quit CNN because Kaplan was cutting into Moneyline' to give Mr. Clinton some marginal coverage. (Newsmax)
Arthur Krystal on duelling Mar 8, 2007
After becoming Lord Protector, in 1653, Oliver Cromwell quickly issued a proclamation against duelling, and also according to Jonathan Swift, who had it on good authority strongly encouraged his nobles to adopt a rude and jokey familiarity with one another. Phony insults, he hoped, would inure them to real ones. (New Yorker)
Microsoft may lose to ODF in California Mar 5, 2007
Oliver Cromwell was hanged and decapitated two years after he had died. Monday March 05, 2007. (Inquirer)
Britain's best long-distance walks Mar 4, 2007
Highlights: Wayland's Smithy, a chambered Neolithic tomb, built around 2,800BC; the White Horse at Uffington; the Red Lion at Wendover, where Oliver Cromwell stayed in 1642. The walk also crosses the driveway to Chequers. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Remember When? Feb 26, 2007
Although demoralized by Howe's easy capture of New York City and northern New Jersey, Washington spotted the points were the British were overextended and decided to re-cross the icy Delaware River, bringing along with him his closest and loyal freedom fighters, one of which was Oliver Cromwell, who helped Washington capture Trenton in a surprise attack the morning of Jan. 3, 1776. Cromwell was a slave who earned his freedom by serving in the Continental Army. (Downingtown Ledger, PA)
Blacks in the Revolutionary War: Some known, most not Feb 24, 2007
That black, Oliver Cromwell, saw nearly seven years of service with the Second New Jersey Regiment. He fought at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Monmouth, and Yorktown, where he knocked the British about lively. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
History repeated Feb 21, 2007
Nancy Pelosi is no Oliver Cromwell. But let's return to the present day. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Readers choose book that outlines a Christian's response to attack Feb 13, 2007
South Africans and people everywhere need to refuse to support any laws that leave them defenseless against murderers, robbers, rapists and arsonists," he said. Van Wyk's book also discusses that responsibility to be ready to provide a defense, and whether shooting back is justified. The tragedy left 11 parishioners at St. James Church dead that day July 25, 1993 and another 58 wounded. But his actions are credited with saving dozens, perhaps hundreds of lives. The book instantly became a South... (WorldNetDaily)
Geneva version, older than King James, resurrected Jan 30, 2007
During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell issued a pamphlet containing excerpts from the Geneva Bible to his troops. William Bradford cited the Geneva Bible in his book "Of Plymouth Plantation.". (WorldNetDaily)
Viva la revolution Jan 16, 2007
John Hampden, a landowner in Buckinghamshire and a cousin of Oliver Cromwell refused to pay the tax on principle. It became a very important principle. (BBC News -- UK)
Spotsylvanians are being shortsighted about VRE Jan 14, 2007
I wonder if anyone remembers studying Oliver Cromwell or the Massachusetts Colonies in school. Enforced participation in anything usually brings about negative results. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
From Bevan to Cromwell - the Tories' all-time top 12 Britons Dec 27, 2006
12 KEY FIGURES Saint Columba (521-597) Christianity in Britain Alfred the Great (849-899)The Kingdom of England Henry II (1133-1189)The common law Simon de Montfort (1208-1265) Parliament James IV of Scotland (1443-1517)The Kingdom of Scotland Thomas Gresham (1519-1579)The stock market Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) The British Army Isaac Newton (1643-1727)The Royal Society Robert Clive (1725-1774)The British Empire Sir Robert Peel (1778-1850) The police Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929)Universal... (BBC News -- UK)
Tributes to Godfather of Soul Dec 26, 2006
Oliver Cromwell, Henry II and Alfred the Great are on the list, but the Daily Express raises its eyebrows at the omission of Winston Churchill. And the Times suggests Margaret Thatcher should be included as well. (BBC News -- UK)
Panto is for ponces. Oh no it isn't! Dec 23, 2006
I m missing the culinary Oliver Cromwell, the exacting mistress of the kitchen: this Christmas I m going back to Delia. ALSO IN THIS SECTION. (London Times Online)
Christian Science Monitor Dec 4, 2006
But even if I were to seize power and become a boomer version of 17th-century British strongman Oliver Cromwell, I wouldn't bother remodeling all the Capitol offices so each one has the same configuration. That would only cause a new pecking order, based on some other variable, such as mood lighting or exotic plants. (CBS News)
AUTHOR TALKS OF PRAYER, WRITING AND LIVING CHRISTIAN LIFE Dec 2, 2006
"It seems to me that's what the church should be; a counter-culture living within the broader culture, but doing it differently in an attractive way. In a way that makes people think, 'What do they have, that I don't have?' instead of trying to impose values on people and pass laws. It seems to me that morality from the top down almost never works. It didn't work for the communists, for Mao Zedong, for Oliver Cromwell or the Puritans. I don't think that's what we're called to do as the church.".... (Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX)
Cause Of Death: Witchcraft And Fairies Nov 30, 2006
It reveals the deeply superstitious - and often brutal - side of life in the England of Oliver Cromwell. Four people were "frightened to death by fairies". (Sky News)
* Will the real Sun Yat-sen please stand up Nov 26, 2006
When England's Oliver Cromwell told the man painting his portrait to show him "warts and all" he was being unusual X history's tendency, especially with revolutionary figures, is to idealize X or, if their ideology isn't approved of, then to denigrate wholesale, as in Jung Chang (i) and Jon Halliday's recent debunking book on Mao. Ping portrays Sun as in many ways a rather inadequate figure. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In picturesEnglish Heritage celebrates Jewish architecture Nov 17, 2006
The guidebook, which includes the Bradford Synagogue Ark, coincides with the 350th anniversary of the re-settlement of Jews in England under Oliver Cromwell after expulsion. The east window of Grimsby Synagogue also appears in the book. (BBC News -- UK)
Stroke of luck as Queen's art resurfaces Nov 10, 2006
The painting was bought by Charles I in 1637 and, after being sold with most of the royal collection during the Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell, it was re-acquired by Charles II.. Years of grime, varnishing and over-painting to cover up damage convinced generations of art historians that it was of little merit. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Bush says Rumsfeld is stepping down Nov 9, 2006
" (Oliver Cromwell: 1653) For Bush there's " We got a thumpin' ". Unfortunately, his type always has to get "a thumpin'". And, for those who feel awful for Rummy, "grief counselors" are standing by. Rummy, on the other hand, will count on those whose backs ( and arses) he's scratched during the fifty years or so he's been in "self service", euphemistically referred to as Public Service. Maybe he'll go back into Pharmaceuticals. Or for the Democratic Party, which has rolled over for him for these... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Inconvenient history Nov 8, 2006
There are statues in Westminster to King Richard the Lionheart, Oliver Cromwell, and Abraham Lincoln - all three of whom are just as guilty of committing atrocities as Saddam Hussein. Quentin Hawkins, Morpeth, UK. (BBC News -- UK)
This verdict is Iraq’s business Nov 6, 2006
The trial and execution of Charles I was followed by the dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell and the Restoration of Charles II. It was not until 1689, 40 years later, that England reached a stable and liberal constitution. The execution of Louis XVI was followed by the Terror that did much to destabilise and discredit the French Revolution. (TimesOnline)
LOWRY/Theo-panic Oct 19, 2006
In the 1650s, Oliver Cromwell governed England with a cadre of major generals, establishing a kind of low-church Protestant theocracy. Catholic priests were chased from the country, and Anglican clergy were suppressed. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
A fundamental right in danger Oct 12, 2006
In 1679 - by which time Charles had been sent to the block, Oliver Cromwell had run his tumultuous course, and the more agreeable Charles II had assumed the throne - parliament moved to establish habeas corpus more firmly. As Duker relates, that action came a little more than a decade after parliament had signaled the importance it attached to habeas by impeaching the Lord High Chancellor of England, in part because he had sent ''divers of his majesty's subjects to be imprisoned against law, in... (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Page-turners Oct 7, 2006
It is the failure and the incompetence within your own memory, Mr. Bush, that leads you to demonize those who might merely quote to you the pleadings of Oliver Cromwell: I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
