Just watching the last episode of Stranger Things, very Lord of the Ringsy. Our valiant little heroes in a quest to Mordor, a dark Lord, even a big fecking spider. (View Post)

I had to give it a second thought. Sir Ian.. (View Post)

I’m sure I read somewhere that the French one man turret policy was down to perceived manpower shortages after WWI. Obviously Germany suffered as great or greater slaughter but seemed to have had dif… (View Post)

Yes, but Beardsley did a famous series of illustrations based on it. Nsfw probably, but just tell them you're an aesthete. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aubrey_Beardsley_-_Lysistra… (View Post)

Churchill was making Hitler positive noises quite late on. I suspect he saw him as part of the great man category, of which he (Churchill) was the prime example. This was after Munich. 'I have a… (View Post)