MASH is the big example. The protagonists’ behaviour was presented as being hilarious, men just having fun, when in fact, it’s just abusive and nasty. People with older values, at the time, would hav… (View Post)

Palestine Action are a poor hill to die upon. (View Post)

It's a ridiculous affectation, given the way the landowning class would redefine so many activities, such as exploiting their lands for coal, iron, quarries etc. as "not trade." One of… (View Post)

I struggle to see any ground on which Lammy might face prosecution. (View Post)

It's the income gap in the Roman Empire that's really staggering. Although estimates for GDP per head have to be treated with extreme caution, economic historians do it on the basis of whea… (View Post)