It's a view ! (View Post)

I think it turns on perceptions, symbols, the place in the national psyche, implications for other artefacts, and so on. That all needs to be navigated. Saying it is about chunks of stone is - choosi… (View Post)

On a similar note, I'm quite interested in the lack of noise from Egypt about Cleopatra's pincushion - made up of the many Egyptian obelisks which were nicked and taken to Rome. There are e… (View Post)

It takes less than 5 minutes to turn a (very) big Oil Tanker around ! I thought we did that one recently. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022skj (View Post)

I've revised my view that he is likely to try and pardon *some*, but I'm not sure which ones, and what will happen to cases in process. For example, will Trump pardon men who accepted that … (View Post)