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19th Century
Women of the 18th and 19th Century (An occasional series) 1. Sarah Losh
Sometimes I get to wondering, do things simply happen randomly or do they happen for a reason? Like many other people, no doubt, I’ve been watching “Gentleman Jack”, the dramatised version of The Diaries of [more…]
Authoritarianism
From Draft to Bookshop – A Journey
Almost two years ago this weekend my wife and I, rather nervously, drove into a small Devon village on our way to visit a family that I had only met through Going Postal but who [more…]
Christianity
Ezekiel the Mystical Prophet Part 2 – the Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
I wrote these articles at the prompting of Goodnight Vienna who became very interested in the Old Testament prophets at the end of her life, and the pair on Ezekiel were the last ones she [more…]
Christianity
Ezekiel – The Mystical Prophet Part 1
The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel is regarded as one of the three major prophetic books of the Old Testament, behind Isaiah and Jeremiah. After a period in the middle 20th century when scholars tended to [more…]
20th Century
Emmet Dalton and the raid on Mountjoy Prison
This is a story about one of the rebels against British rule over Ireland and about one incident in that rebellion in the early 20th century. Emmet Dalton was born in the United States in [more…]
Christianity
Moses Gives a Warning
I was reading my bible before bed the other day (I know, I’m a wild man) when I came across a few passages in Deuteronomy which caught my eye. Deuteronomy is the book where Moses [more…]
Arts
Shrove Tuesday
Pancake batter 4 oz plain flour A pinch of salt 2 large eggs 7 fl oz milk 3 fl oz water 2 tablespoons of melted butter A little extra butter for cooking the pancakes. [more…]
Christianity
Never Appease the Left
The other day many people chose to rage at Mike Cernovich. He sent an inflammatory tweet which set off many people. Triggered them, if you like. Instead of sperging out, I chose to read Mike’s [more…]