Category: History

Rations

Charles Orwin raises many good questions in his comment yesterday.

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JBS Haldane

If you read JBS Haldane’s entry in Wikipedia and you should, you will not read about the Spanish civil war.

Only Connect

I love a long train journey. My longest, so far, was Barons Court to Shanghai in 2013; starting on the Piccadilly Line in London and ending on the maglev train (268 mph) to Shanghai airport.

The Maeander

Sometimes, the more often the better, posts here meander. You know what the word means but you may not know its origin.

Come into My Pond, Mr Bond

  I have no doubt children believe in James Bond as well as Father Christmas and who can blame them when the head of MI6 referenced Bond and Q in a recent speech.

Nobody Does It Better

It could be a Christmas card; a modern Breughel of folk skating, chatting and maybe wassailing.

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