No, but I'm talking about the whole century. Thr gunpowder plot was an attempt to replace a Protestant nascent constitutional monarchy with Catholic absolutism. Absolutism is important since the… (View Post)

No, I'd say Eagles is right, in a broad brush way. The whole of the 17th century was a battle of ideas between "monarch rules and can do what he likes" versus " not that". We… (View Post)

I had a friend whose dad retired and faced this problem. He chose to become a driver for the NHS. No doubts whatsoever about doing good - delivering bits of life-saving stuff around the country - not… (View Post)

Well that's just triggered me even more. Overreliance on satellite navigational aids is causing our ability to find our way around unaided. But that is a rant of a different sort. (View Post)

I remember some people getting similarly irritated by Boris being called Boris, which I inferred was on the grounds that it might encourage people not to hate him as much as they did. Actually it… (View Post)