The other thought I had about the Coronation was what a strange and slightly mysterious country we are, with so many historical connections to so many parts of the world and a history stretching back… (View Post)

I thought the ceremonial stuff was great, although I found it slightly jarring that there was quite so much God stuff in it, and especially the stuff about the Protestant Succession, which while I kn… (View Post)

Yes, he really is. A House Through Time is genius TV. Each series focuses on a single house (usually Georgian) and goes through the lives of all of its inhabitants, along the way shedding light on hi… (View Post)

One of the main reasons the American colonists broke the link with us was because the British authorities were preventing them from expanding more aggressively into Native American lands, IIRC. There… (View Post)

Penny Mordaunt appearing as some kind of pagan goddess of war will be getting a few folk on here going. (View Post)