LOL at Lebedev's title: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/06/evgeny-lebedev-peerage-investigation-keir-starmer-boris-johnson He took up his seat as Lord Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia t… (View Post)

Does it matter if they’re consistent through time? (View Post)

And potentially relevant with respect to Russia today. (View Post)

Reading all this makes me feel lucky to be here. My grandfather spent nearly five years as a POW. He suffered a broken leg whilst working on a railway. He said that the German doctors did a good job … (View Post)

David Harvey, the Marxist geographer, was the staple of my geography degree. I found him really difficult to get to grips with to begin with, but by the end he was my favourite geographer. Why? Becau… (View Post)