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Why things aren’t always clear-cut…
There are a lot of armchair historians out there these days…which, don’t get me wrong, I think is a good thing. For one thing, it may mean that the publishers who seem to have given up on… more →
M.M. Bennetts
The Ballymaguigan Bus
wrote 2 days ago: The Ballymaguigan Bus expelled A low, deliberate draft, Churning up the silence And uniquely oversta … more →
Why things aren't always clear-cut...
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wrote 4 weeks ago: There are a lot of armchair historians out there these days…which, don’t get me wrong, I … more →
Thatcher Obituary ("Oh, Bitch...You're Airy)
wrote 1 month ago: I was having lunch when the first Thatcher joke hit my Twitter account and I thought I might do an o … more →
Daily Life ~ Through the Prism of The Great War
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wrote 1 month ago: This is one of those blog posts I’ve been avoiding writing for some time now. Like for well o … more →
Castlereagh Cemetery
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wrote 1 month ago: This cemetery is a resting place for many of the first residents of the greater Nepean area. I chose … more →
What the Regency is and is not...
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wrote 3 months ago: I know, I know…why am I returning to this old chestnut? You wish to read something new, enter … more →
What's on in Frankston
wrote 5 months ago: Comedy show: Frankston Theatre Group is staging the mystery Murdered to Death at the Mt Eliza Commun … more →
Brummell and the Drury-Lane Ague...
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wrote 6 months ago: Recently, a thing–as some will know–really got up my nose. Which, after I’d come … more →
LaRouche Replies to Russian Question: Thermonuclear War Threat
wrote 6 months ago: The Message Received From Russia was: Since your country has re-elected a president who is likely to … more →
The depth is in the detail...
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wrote 6 months ago: What with one thing and another, I come across a fair few number of young historians and writers in … more →
I've been tagged for the Next Big Thing...
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wrote 8 months ago: It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I’ve been tagged by the rather ch … more →
A word about introductions...or do I mean modes of speech?
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wrote 8 months ago: Righto. This is a thing, or a number of things, which annoys me very much. And this has very much … more →
249. When the reason and the motive are not the same.
wrote 8 months ago: At Castlereagh Drag-racing. Despite liking speed, No interest for me. It’s drag-racing day. St … more →
200 years ago today ~ War and a new Government...
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wrote 11 months ago: I shall be brief. You may recall that on 11 May 1812, Prime Minister Perceval was assassinated in t … more →
200 years ago today ~ the Trial of John Bellingham
wrote 1 year ago: Imagine what would have happened if Winston Churchill had been assassinated in May 1944. Instantly … more →
At the heart of a great estate is...
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wrote 1 year ago: This may come as a bit of a shock to some people, but despite having a reputation as a military fire … more →
Viscount Castlereagh, Sorley Maclean and the January glums...
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wrote 1 year ago: Of late, I’ve been a complete git. A foul-tempered grumbletonian. And morose. (Though I can … more →
Palmerston and early December 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: Austenesque Stories 1700s to 1930 My Historical Post Palmerston A few months back, those who are reg … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Castlereagh’s State Paper – May 5th, 1820 The origins of the notion of non-interference … more →
