As an aside, in The Alexiad, Anna Komnene condemns the youth of today for lacking an educational interest and spending too much time playing draughts. (View Post)

Mr. Boy, a majority might have been reconciled to EU membership either if the Remain campaign had been remotely adequate, or if the political class (primarily Labour) had not reneged upon a promised … (View Post)

Get well soon, Mr. Cooke. (View Post)

Football: more rambling: https://enormo-haddock.blogspot.com/2022/08/23-august-thoughts-on-epl-la-liga-and.html Backed Villa to beat West Ham at 2.28. We'll see if the Hammers continue to act as… (View Post)

Mr. Divvie, seems a shade harsh to criticise a nation's founding as not being modern when it occurred in the early 18th century. The royal house of Wessex didn't conduct a plebiscite when i… (View Post)