Quote of the Day 07/01/2021 – Raheem Kassam nails it.
I’ve been a long term admirer of the writer and commentator Raheem Kassam. I may not agree with him on everything, but ever since…
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Superb humour from Darren Grimes
The political commentator Darren Grimes has a brilliant 36 second video that he has made with Turning Point UK. In it he quite rightly mocks…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all who read this blog and who comment on it and who have supported it. Let’s hope 2021 is both better…
The value of ephemera in historical research and some modern broadcast ephemera.
The study of history is not an exact science. We know about the big things like the depravities of Kings such as Henry VIII,…
A Merry Christmas to all this blog’s Christian readers.
A Merry Christmas to you all. As usual, from the Israeli comedy show Latma TV, we have the Palestinian ‘Minister for Uncontrollable Rage’ with his…
From Elsewhere: The hidden secrets in families
I saw a great article on the A Somerset Lad blog about the sort of secrets that are hidden in families and about individuals who…
Quotes of the Day 23rd December 2020
Found this on the Spectator site today. It’s by Petronella Wyatt, daughter of Lord Woodrow Wyatt of Weeford the former journalist and diarist, talking…
Memes of the day 20/12/2020
Lotuseaters site problem now apparently solved. Has Sargon hit his server with a hammer or something?
Last month I gave a shout out to the new venture by Sargon of Akkad a website called lotuseaters.com Sadly the site had a…
Memories of another disease and its lessons for today
Today is World AIDS Day a day that the World Health Organisation selected in 1988 to mark the struggle against a disease that was…
