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)

On Christian decision-making, there's a certain amount to be said for the groups at both edges ; the most decentralised, and in a certain way radically democratic Protestants, like the Quakers, … (View Post)

I'm afraid that that the unwritten checks and balances inherent in our system are failing. They're simply not prepared for a character like Johnson. He openly and mockingly appoints his own… (View Post)