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I am such stuff as dreams are made on 26 Mar 2013 | 03:25 am
Nothing is forever. I know that, you know that, we all know that. Life is all about change and transformation, metamorphosis in its many forms! I was once Clio the Muse on Wikipedia. I awoke almos...
A Devilish People 25 Mar 2013 | 03:59 am
I was recently asked to identify the various historical elements that led to the creation of Victorian Britain, the high-water mark of our national story, a time of innovation, of self-reliance and se...
Paper Tiger 22 Mar 2013 | 03:33 am
It’s by pure chance that I came to David Cannadine’s recently published The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences in succession to Catalin Avaramescu’s An Intellectual History of Cannibalism...
Faddishness and Minorities 21 Mar 2013 | 03:59 am
“Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad”, so the ancient proverb goes. I’m quietly rejoicing over the great Cyprus bank bungle, the latest symptom of European insanity and a clear si...
Death by Diversity 20 Mar 2013 | 05:47 am
Observers of the last general election will surely remember the encounter between Gordon Brown and a woman by the name of Gillian Duffy, a voter from some Lancashire constituency or other, a person of...
Venezuela's Sawdust Caesar 20 Mar 2013 | 03:48 am
Hugo Chavez, the late president of Venezuela, may have been “poisoned by dark forces that wanted him out of the way”, at least according to Nicolas Maduro, his less than charismatic stand in. I think...
Monsters of Imagination 18 Mar 2013 | 03:41 am
Those who have read Robinson Crusoe will recall the point when the hero discovers that he is not alone on his island when he rather ludicrously finds a single footprint! A duffelpud, perhaps? Defoe is...
In Thrall to the Past 15 Mar 2013 | 04:19 am
This September will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Flodden, fought in the county of Northumberland close to the Anglo-Scottish border. In terms of the numbers engaged it is a go...
YES, sí (that’s YES!) 14 Mar 2013 | 04:34 am
So, it’s YES; the people of the Falkland Islands have voted, and they have voted to preserve their connection with Britain. In a 92% turnout 99.8% voted YES, that’s 1513 of the islands’ population of ...
Freedom is the Freedom to Enjoy Pornography 13 Mar 2013 | 04:35 am
Do you think the world has gone mad? I don’t. I know it’s gone mad. More and more the human race resembles a heard of lemmings, rushing towards that final precipice. I am the little girl looking a...
