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Robert Tombs, The English and Their History: The First Thirteen
Robert Tombs, The English and Their History: The First Thirteen Centuries, London: Allen Lane, 2014. 989 pages. Nine hundred plus pages is not that m...

..before the arrival of the pioneering Orientalist Sir William
..before the arrival of the pioneering Orientalist Sir William Jones in Calcutta in 1783, there was almost complete ignorance in Europe about India’...

1 PERCENT PATHOLOGIES Nearly all of the commentary on
1 PERCENT PATHOLOGIES Nearly all of the commentary on America’s growing inequality focuses on the ways in which skewed distribution of income and w...

I agree the national politicians and much of the British Press
I agree the national politicians and much of the British Press (especially the Daily Mail, but not, oddly all the Murdoch press) have behaved abominab...

I do not doubt that ISIS is doing all the horrible things that are
I do not doubt that ISIS is doing all the horrible things that are said about it. (Although I am cautious about accepting *any news report* or *person...

I hope Scotland stays in the UK. I dont think it will necessarily
I hope Scotland stays in the UK. I dont think it will necessarily be a disaster for either Scotland or the rest of the UK if it leaves. The biggest ...

Germany declared war on Russia one hundred years ago today, on
Germany declared war on Russia one hundred years ago today, on Saturday 1st August 1914 (four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia). Fran...