As much as I dislike Trump, he just hit his arm or tripped slightly whilst squeezing past people. (View Post)

The decline of Britain's shipbuilding was incredibly complex, but is well covered in "The rise and fall of British shipbuilding," by Anthony Burton. A massive issue was the increase in… (View Post)

IMV that's a very naive simplification. It was management. It was workers. It was unions. It was the government. It was the structure (i.e. nationalisation). There is plenty of blame to be sprea… (View Post)

Gee, thanks Roger! "simplistic black and white tones" The Ukraine war is as near black and white in such matters as you can get. Or, if you prefer, right and wrong. Good and evil. It is far… (View Post)

Arthur's Seat was the last 'hill' of my coastal walk (I started and ended the walk at Edinburgh Castle). I headed inland from Leith and climbed Calton Hill, then Arthur's Seat, be… (View Post)