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Month: July 2020

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Korea’s Nelson

2nd July 2020 Joe Slater 3513 Comments

Mokpo, 2016 Forming a dramatic and beautiful backdrop to the depressed centre of Mokpo was Mount Yudal. It is smaller than the Wrekin, but its cliffs and crags made it seem much higher. After a [more…]

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Le Château de Guédelon

2nd July 2020 Tom Pudding 3970 Comments

Introduction I suppose it is only natural when confronted by an ancient architectural marvel such as a Roman aqueduct or a mediæval cathedral to stare in wonder and to ask oneself, ‘How on earth did [more…]

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The Spitfire, of course, Part 3

1st July 2020 GrumpyAngler 2977 Comments

A look at the Miles M20, the “Emergency Fighter” Design and build us a cheap fighter, knock it up out of wood, shove in this night fighter engine, loads of fuel, plenty of ammo and [more…]

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Roosevelt’s Disastrous New Deal

1st July 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3853 Comments

Britain’s Keynesian press & public service broadcasters view President Roosevelt’s New Deal as something to ‘put on a pedestal’ (Guardian June27). Sadly the New Deal has gone into main stream academic & political economic archives [more…]

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