Carnyx

(Quote) The Australians' perceptions of the wars is presumably rather different from the Brexiters'. Gallipoli (and Mesopotamia/Kut?), and Malaya/Singapore, as well as problems with communications ac… (View Post)

(Quote) But the teaching of history in the UK has to be better than the US - judging from films, it could hardly be worse ... (View Post)

(Quote) I had a very working class friend who enjoyed his pigeon shooting - I used to take his retriever out hunting (for fossils, so he was pretty useless with me, but he was a trained gundog all ri… (View Post)

(Quote) Yes, but who owns the land and who profits from renting it out for shooting? (View Post)

(Quote) Imagine if someone gave the bairns air rifles and told them to shoot at woodpigeons in the back gartden - party planning problem solved. That's the sort of comparison people will make. (View Post)