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A BOOKLIST: The Present State of Democracy

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Joel Kotkin The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder Twilight of Democracy Anne Applebaum Law,...

Answers to African History Quiz

1. Idi Amin 2. Morocco 3. Haile Selassie 4. Morocco 5. Septimus Severus or Caracalla 6. Berbers 7, Bartholomew Diaz 8. From medieval West...

Britain - 2045: An optimistic piece for the New Year

100 years after the end of The Second World War will we, as a nation, have finally reached a point of consensus over the question of what...

There was a young man from Devizes......

and his name was Richard. Richard of Devizes lived in the late 12th century. His life was spent as a monk in Winchester. We know...

Answers to Second History Quiz

1 Louis XVIII and Charles X 2 Christina 3 James I and Edward VII 4 Konigsberg 5 Austro-Hungarian Empire 6 Russia 7 Granada 8 ...

Second History Quiz: Europe

1 Which of Louis XVI's brothers also became Kings of France? [2 answers] 2 Which Queen of Sweden converted to Catholicism, abdicated,...

Answers to History Quiz

Admin note. If you have only tapped Home to reach this blog entry, remember you can access all the blogs by tapping Blog at top of Home...

A History Quiz : England

Answers in separate blog 1 If James I was the first who was the last? 2 Which King is buried in Gloucester Cathedral 3 Which Queen is...

Selections from my Commonplace Books

Since moving to the coast I have begun to keep a selection of Commonplace Books. A Commonplace book is a book of blank pages in which the...

Pass the Port!

Most of us picked up the correct etiquette for eating from our parents (don't put your elbows on the table, William) or from our...

Read to keep sane!

I have just listened to The Prime Minister's dark announcement re new Covid rules. Some of you will now be entering Tier 4, whilst many...

Have you ever encountered a political haddock?

Politics We have all seen the headlines about The Government's intention of deploying The Royal Navy to turn back EU fishing boats from...

Synopses for JW3 Zoom classes, Thursday 10th December

Morning: The War is Over Our morning divides neatly (!) into two. The first part will look at Britain itself in the austerity years of...

Three History Books

Crosscurrents: Hungary during the Horthy Years by Yakov Merkin Czechoslovakia: he Country that Failed by Mary Heimann Twilight of...

Third Tranche of Lockdown Words

I can't really believe I am on my third list. The three lists taken together could make an interesting partytime quiz by zoom. A stitch...

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