The West is the outlier, both currently, and historically. To most people worldwide, Christ and His Saints, Ganesh, Allah, Lord Buddah, are as real as members of their own families, as they were thro… (View Post)

Very sensible. People would think of plotting against him, but realised he governed so effectively that, what was the point? (View Post)

Plenty of political and business leaders (and even some bishops), are disciples of the Lord of the Flies. (View Post)

It’s modern crowns that I find a bit absurd. Medieval hollow crowns and circlets are a lot more elegant. (View Post)

An embarrassment to the sort of person who thinks “history is bunk”, and anything published more than a decade ago requires a trigger warning. (View Post)