By any historical yardstick, anyone with good health, in the modern UK, has won first prize in the lottery of life. But, you would not believe it from all the whining. (View Post)

Women and ethnic minorities have proved they can be just as incompetent as white males. (View Post)

Kenneth Seawright’s (upon whom Maurice is based), Paidikion is most definitely NSFW. (View Post)

One of the great “what ifs” of history, is to envisage a world where the revolt is put down. Does slavery get abolished in 1833, or does the fight over slavery extend across the empire? Does British … (View Post)

But, on this forum, it’s mostly comparatively rich people going on about the hell of living in a wealthy liberal democracy. (View Post)