Twitter is full of thousands of approbatory tweets from Pakistan. If this newest incarnation of the Taliban can indeed be moderated or reset in their relationship with the outside world in any way, I… (View Post)

Kabul in the 1960's. Like Tehran, miniskirts and freedoms . https://allthatsinteresting.com/1960s-afghanistan (View Post)

We had quite a good discussion on this last year on PB as I recall, as I know the area quite well. I would say in my experience a lot of the Greeks who were resettled from Asia minor have got some of… (View Post)

There is still Greek spoken is some villages way north of Calabria, if some of what my Italian friends have told me on occasion is anything to go by. Mussolini and even the Risorgimento may have push… (View Post)

I feel more specifically British than I ever did growing up, speaking personally. There's very much more of a more positive English identity out there to be developed, but I don't personall… (View Post)