I heard a story years ago at a booksigning for a book on archaeology that back in the 80s/90s there was a lot of argument about what a lot of stone age tools were actually for. An archaeologist doing… (View Post)

The great modern writer about Louisiana is James Lee Burke. Although his novels are generally set in New Iberia, New Orleans is nearly always a major character in the stories. Start with In the Elect… (View Post)

0-0 draw written all over that;) (View Post)

Itnwas a bit like reading a condensed Clark Ashton Smith short story, tbh (View Post)

Def nice spending rose under Labour, 97-2010. Although the cuts from the mid eighties to the late nineties under the Tories were so severe, Labour weren't able to totally reverse them. https://ifs.or… (View Post)