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The Sinking of the MS Estonia – 28th September 1994

21st November 2019 Blown Periphery 0

The History of the MS Estonia On Wednesday 28th September 1994 at 01:50 (UTC +2) the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea during a storm, on a routine crossing from the port of Tallinn [more…]

The EU Pandemic Relief Deal

17th August 2020 0

A blueprint for a European superstate After intense negotiations, long days and nights of clashes and a distinctly sour note underlying the entire summit, European Union leaders finally agreed on an unprecedented 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.1 [more...]
The Holly and the Ivy – King’s College Cambridge 2008

15th December 2017 2,452

The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. An early mention of the carol’s title occurs in William Hone’s 1823 work Ancient Mysteries Described, which includes [more...]
A Parable for Our Time

14th April 2020 0

One of my fondest books as a child was Doctor at Timberline, by Charles Fox Gardiner. Gardiner was a doctor early in the settlement of western Colorado in the nineteenth century. Each chapter of the [more...]
On Punctuation!

31st August 2020 0

Apparently, some subset of younger people are upset and intimidated about the use of full stops in text and other messages. I am not sure what they would think about the ellipsis, … , or [more...]
The Swaling, Part Nineteen

5th September 2020 0

I’m on the rooftop of my cheap hotel in Tangiers. I have escorted the duplicitous Miss Tammy back to the luxurious Royal Maroc, after another night photographing the notorious comings and goings at the Port [more...]