18th Century

Gibbon

1st May 2020 Going Postal 0

Like others of our more important historians (Macaulay, Starkey), Gibbon wasn’t a professional academic. He was a gentleman, and an amateur, in the best sense. Early in his career he found the thing he most [more…]

Art

12th December 2019 Colin Cross 0

I won’t lie, I like art, I like visiting galleries, I even like some “modern” art, although there are limits, as you can see from the featured image above. A sandwich wrapper, carefully torn to [more…]

Are the aims of nationalism and protectionism the same?

18th November 2019 Emile Woolf 0

The ideology of “nationalism” is characterised by the unstinting promotion of a particular nation’s interests, possibly regardless of detriment caused to the interests of other nations. Nationalism may therefore be considered a form of patriotism, [more…]

Postcard From Cumbria (A Week in the Lake District) Part One

14th October 2019 Colin Cross 0

Some of you may remember that back in 2017 Mrs. C and I (it was all her plan really) made it our business to do 40 things together to celebrate having been married for 40 [more…]

Gibbon

Art

Are the aims of nationalism and protectionism the same?

Postcard From Cumbria (A Week in the Lake District) Part One

Wankpuffin’s 2018 Going Postal Fireside Christmas Special Spectacular

A Happy Wankpuffin Birthday to Going Postal

Postcard from Lille, Part 12

The Unseen Path – Part Fifty Four

The Unseen Path – Part Eighty Two