The military consequences of the Iran War have precedence in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which an inferior number of English archers defeated a much superior number of French armored knights. Its implications reverberated [more…]
For Australia I went to an upscale university. Sydney is, I think, the oldest one and along with Melbourne, New South and the ANU the most highly regarded It’s not Oxford or Harvard but the [more…]
“Grim up north” reflects how Northern England is seen today —neglected after decades of decline. Previously, the region produced immense wealth through the likes of textiles, steel, coal, shipbuilding. Influential industrialists’ fortunes rivalled those elsewhere [more…]
The ‘Grim up north’ trope reminds of Northern England’s story of endless decline. In reality, the region produced immense wealth through the likes of textiles, steel, coal and shipbuilding. Influential industrialists’ fortunes rivalled those in [more…]
There is a certain kind of British conversation that takes place in a quiet room with two cups of tea going cold on the table, the kind where one man tells another that the country [more…]
For some time now I have pondered why environmental activists seem to reject evidence that capitalism has been making the world a better place for all levels of society. The pampered aristocracy of just a [more…]
For generations, the phrase “grim up north” has lingered in the national imagination — conjuring images of soot-stained skylines, struggling towns, and industries long past their prime. It is a shorthand that flattens the region [more…]
Over the course of my fortnightly ramblings, my loyal reader may, (or more likely) may not have noticed a growing pile of rotting wood inside a rail fence which sits just outside the shed. It [more…]
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