It’s got everything. The pathos of the young officers dancing at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball, most of whom will be dead in 48 hours. The ball itself being interrupted by the news of Napoleon drivi… (View Post)

I’d far rather be alive now, than when the UK was indisputably the wealthiest nation on the planet - with a standard of living similar to modern Haiti. (View Post)

Old Jamaica is heavenly. (View Post)

Modhi, like so many nationalists, believes in a golden age that never was, before the British, the Sikh kingdoms, the Moghuls, and the Sultans of Delhi. (View Post)

IIRC, the East German national anthem in Top Secret, translated as: East Germany, East Germany, Land of Sauerkraut and lederhosen, Don't try to escape, If the border guards don't get you, T… (View Post)