Wasn’t that Churchill himself? (View Post)

I’m suffering as much as he is! We’re not doing anything particularly energetic - I’m now sitting in a bar having a coffee and cold water and he’s sheltering under the table. We get out early, shelte… (View Post)

Blair has to continue arguing for sticking close to the Americans regardless of how idiotic or egregious they become, as his lifetime quest to try and escape from the prison of his own tragic misjudg… (View Post)

On the contrary, I’d say that Major has grown in stature and reputation since his premiership, whereas Blair has grown merely in hubris (and wealth) (View Post)

The fortified Visconti Bridge, originally conceived in the late 1300s as a cunning plan to dam and divert the river so that the lakes and moats surrounding downstream Mantova would dry out leaving it… (View Post)