Part of Nigel Biggar’s article in The Sunday Times today, reminding us that a careful reading of history, by an historian who know what he’s talking about, is a big improvement on what too often passes for debate about slavery reparations.
I don’t think I ever believed I’d see a newspaper paragraph like this: President Trump ‘said he would welcome immigrants from Denmark but not from Norway “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize, so I don’t want anybody from Norway”.’
Great article - of note, British Soldiers cannot exercise flying drones at same time as helicopters fly past due to 'health and safety' - an understandable peacetime constraint, but it notes this is not one our potential opponents are constrained by!
https://t.co/3CXWG8Ckbl
An oldie but a goodie. In 1968 a bunch of entitled hippy bastards sent a letter detailing their specious demands to the Warden and Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford. This was their letter of reply, which speaks to how far the academy has since fallen.
Thank goodness, Google search hasn’t gone totally to shit. I found the image and the story. Mama didn’t think so highly of you. Damn did she nail it. 💯
Join us on Wednesday 18th November for a special evening with Tim Bouverie.
Author of Allies at War: The Rivals Who Defeated Hitler, and winner of the 2026 Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize, Tim joins us for an Autumn lecture within the historic surroundings of Wellington Barracks.
Use the code LECTURE10 to get 10% of your lecture ticket now: https://t.co/d5SIMSMTnF
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The Royal Marines Experience museum opens today after £15M revamp in its new home at Boathouse 6 in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. @NatMuseumRN
£36 for adults
£26 for children.
https://t.co/LfBRdbtYD5
Trump has decided to hold me—rather than Putin—responsible for all the problems. He claims to his supporters that diesel prices in America are rising because of us, — Zelenskyy.
I find it wrong and unacceptable that Trump blames me for Russian aggression and the crimes committed by Russia. He is distorting the context, and that is unfair. In my view, this is merely an attempt to divert attention from the situation in Iran and events in the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz is blocked—that is the true core of the problem. Yet, all of this is being pinned on us, and I, as head of state, am being made a target.