Saw JJN talking about popes at a literary festival a few years ago. There was a pious catholic lady in the audience and I was afraid she might expire when he started describing their unseemly persona… (View Post)

Thanks for your reply (and TSE, too). The conventional wisdom taught in schools is that the terms were too harsh, destroying the German economy and fuelling their resurgence with extreme prejudice. E… (View Post)

I wonder why Foch thought Versailles wouldn't stick? Did he think it was too lenient to the Germans, and liable to generate a nationalist reaction in France? (View Post)

For anyone who thinks Deltics are the spawn of the devil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU (View Post)

My sympathy to Lord Tebbit. He and Lady Tebbit have been a masterclass in decency for 36 years. (View Post)