You mean like the accusations against Trump, many of which are undoubtedly true? (View Post)

Those pieces of armour are examples of what I mentioned though: they are not rare. The Tower of London is stuffed to the gunnels with spectacular armour, much of it belonging to one king or another, … (View Post)

So taking this back to basics: A simple question: why do the marbles matter? Why do these chunks of carved stone, heavily defaced by man and time, matter any more than any other hunk of marble? Why d… (View Post)

I have, and frankly found them underwhelming. Unlike (say) Trajan's column, or the fascinating Rosetta Stone. The issue, as is often the case, is that they are more political than archaeological… (View Post)

Not centuries, please. Mrs J has given me twenty years of fun and pleasure. Nearly to the day... ;) (View Post)