Video: Probably the best potted history of Israel and the Middle East Conflict I’ve come across.
There are lots of people with opinions on the situation in the Middle East but very few of those who have expressed these opinions…
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From Elsewhere: When Bobby Kennedy went to Israel.
The modern day mainstream media, whether in the USA or the United Kingdom would have you believe that Israel is always the aggressor when…
Well done to these Polish Britons. Honouring the wartime RAF 303 Squadron
The Britons living today owe somewhat of a debt of gratitude to the hundreds of Polish airforce members who whilst stationed in the UK…
From Elsewhere: The way it was. Getting to West Berlin during the Cold War.
Found a little historical gem online. It’s a Cold War British government film about the correct procedure for getting to West Berlin from the…
From Elsewhere: We stand on the shoulders of the giants of the 17th century
The reason that we can communicate via the internet, have prolonged lives due to better healthcare, have all manner of entertainment delivered to our…
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,…
History time – A reminder that the British government has always disliked people having uncontrolled speech.
The current attempts by the British government to restrict what people say online via the Digital Harms Bill are I’m afraid nothing new. I…
Book review – Sedition by Vladimir A Kozlov and others
‘Sedition – Everyday resistance in the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and Brezhnev’ – Authored by Vladimir A Kozlov, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Sergei V Mironenko, O.V…
The Prime Minister is correct – pro-EU politicians risk damaging faith in politics
Although I have voted Conservative in some electoral contests, I’m not great fan of the British Prime Minister Theresa May. I’m especially unhappy over…
Another ‘no s**t Sherlock’ story from Germany
I along with many others, warned what might happen if governments allowed into European nations large numbers of people from cultures that are soaked…
