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HMS Amethyst and the Yangtse “Incident”

25th March 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Simon’s Story It’s warm in the room and I’m lying cosily in that semi-trance state, debating whether to close my inner eyelids for ever, or to attempt to explain my small part in the story. I [more…]

The Unseen Path – Part Twenty Nine

4th April 2018 0

Chief Superintendent Dager had just finished briefing Bowson and two of his other subordinates on the outcome of the Home Secretary’s steering group when someone appeared at his cubicle door; Bowson saw his face fall [more...]
Æthelberht’s RFA Christmas

27th December 2018 0

I know there’s plenty of former Pusser types on GP, and even a few who have sailed under the red duster. They’ll all be familiar with the Christmas routines for their respective outfits. I thought [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...]
Going Postal with Question Time

7th March 2019 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Dudley. Panellists include former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, who argues the case for a hard Brexit from the backbenches, Dame Margaret Beckett, the [more...]
The Road to Serfdom – by the example of Venezuela – Part I

16th September 2019 0

“Venezuela is the current poster child of interventionist failure” When looking at the quality of the media coverage of Venezuela’s crisis and the interpretations of the factors that caused it, the superficiality of most analyses [more...]