You can read a book (at the risk of your eyesight) off your computer screen, or you can have it read to you by some famous actor; you…
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Alsace/Lorraine & Schleswig/Holstein
These two tongue-twisters used not only to twist tongues, but eject furious spittle from the pursed mouth of European statesmen and politicians. The problem is not only of…
The dry martini cocktail
The history of this cocktail is not without incident. It is a potentially lethal mixture of a raw spirit – gin – with a distillation of the vine,…
National Guards (France and USA)
The National Guard in France was founded in July, 1789 to replace the royal soldiers who had been forbidden entry to Paris. Other cities and towns followed suit…
Don’t forget to read books!
Don’t neglect your reading! Expert or inexpert, millions of people read blogsites, blogspots, online books, political pamphlets etc. The offer is endless using the Internet. But one should…
Plagues, Epidemics & Pandemics
In the book of Isaiah you will find records of outbreaks of pestilence, when God is supposed to have punished the Chosen People for offences against Him. He…
Errata in the printed version of General History
After the successful publication of three edited volumes of General History, we have discovered to our astonishment that errors abound! Prepositions and full stops have vanished. There are…
Fascism – a dreaded word
Fasci, literally meaning ‘bundles’, and perhaps descending from the fasci of thin staves of wood carried by Roman officials as symbol of authority, were established in Sicilian towns…
Latest news on the books
Oyez! Oyez! Latest news on the books! All three volumes of Jeremy Taylor’s brief chapters on world history, written under the name of Dean Swift for the website…