Blogs, essays, updates, and occasional notes that sit alongside The Butterfly Effect.
On 2nd January 1492, Boabdil - the last Sultan of Granada - handed the keys of the Alhambra to Ferdinand and Isabella, ending 781 years of Muslim rule in Iberia. The same year: Jews expelled, Columbus sets sail. One morning opened a very long sequence.
On 1st January 1801, the Acts of Union took effect and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland came into existence. January 1st is no coincidence — it is the bureaucrat's favourite date, chosen for its symbolism and its clarity. What no one could schedule was what came after.