That requires one to have a very romanticised view of the Roman Empire. Which Gibbon had, but then he imagined that the Roman upper crust were all enlightened sceptics like he was. In reality, the Ro… (View Post)

It does sound like lobotomisation, a pseudo-scientific procedure that should never have been performed. (View Post)

And a wonderful live boiling scene. I was standing on the bridge in the Japanese Garden, at Batsford Arboretum a few weeks ago, imagining how much Lord Yabusighe would enjoy himself there, composing … (View Post)

Pre-election, I wrote off Reform totally. Even in May, their local election performance was distinctly underwhelming. But, they had an extremely good election campaign, and finished up with four more… (View Post)

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-blue-cities-must-be-fixed This is interesting, from Noah Smith. Cities swing strongly towards Trump. He blames the poor standard of (Democratic) local government. Th… (View Post)