The term ‘party’ for a political group has been around in Britain for centuries. The Tory Party was a political group that was spoken of in the 1680s….
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These sports: where do they come from?
Spectator sports they are called, presumably because they are designed for watching by spectators. Soccer, cricket, boxing, tennis, rugby and athletics were nursed, improved and nurtured in hundreds…
Let us above be politically correct . . .
Some years ago one of those correct persons who infest modern life pointed out to a bottling company that the label on one of their jams was politically…
A short history of the PSOE (Spanish Workers’ Socialist Party)
Spain as a modern country is naturally bent towards Socialism, as a direct result of centuries of oppression of workers by the Monarchy, the Church and the Nobles…
Ancient gods at these Olympics
I suppose we are about half way through the London Olympics of 2012 – sad for some, radiant news for others. I suppose I will be accused of…
Hiroshima and later
Hiroshima had a population of roughly 300,000 in 1945. It was a military base, port, and popular seaside resort in the western part of Honshu Island, Japan. The…
What is Isolationism?
Well, very soon we will know what it is. And I might add it is a great pity there is not more of it around. Loss of it…
The Blogger Kite
I have been forced to reach the conclusion that this planet is full of persons whose self-appointed task it is to find errors, large or small, in the…
Evelyn Waugh’s ear-trumpet
I am sure there are Waugh-fans, or, better, Waugh-wolves who can answer a simple question: In their respective biographies of Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Sykes (Evelyn Waugh: a biography)…
Gone are the PSOE’s ladies at the cauldron
In Spain, Mr Rajoy and his team are slowly and laboriously edging their country back to sanity and a more stable economy, though the process will be long…