Revolutions of 1848 New World or in the more liberal European nations: these emigrants were known as the Forty-Eighters. Steven Brust and Emma Bull's 1997 epistolary novel "Freedom & Necessity" is set in England in the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848. Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast series covered the Revolutions of 1848 starting with episode 7.01. Revolutions of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations, People's Spring, Springtime of the Peoples, or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history.
Horse of the Year Show Horse of the Year Show The Horse of the Year Show - also known as HOYS (pronounced /hois/)- was founded to be a culmination of the British equestrian events year. The Show was the idea of Captain Tony Collings and was realised by the then Chairman of BSJA (now British Showjumping), Mike Ansell. As it was to be the end of Season Finale the show needed to be held indoors, making it a unique event. HOYS was first held in 1949 at Harringay Arena in Harringay, London. It was held as an annual event which moved to Wembley Arena, London,