The Huddersfield Examiner has a lead story on Kirklees council's decision to review all its statues and monuments. It is illustrated with a photo of the statue of Harold Wilson outside the stati… (View Post)

Just read it - superb writing. Her book Iron Curtain is a great account of how the Soviet Union crushed Eastern Europe. (View Post)

There is an extensive literature concerning a war between Russia and NATO. See for example the books by General Sir John Hackett and General Sir Richard Shirreff. (View Post)

I have just finished reading Tim Moore's account of driving a model T Ford from coast to coast through Trump's America. It gives a very good picture of the variable culture of the continent… (View Post)

Silver, not silent. (View Post)