Events do tend to repeat themselves.This afternoon I had a nice chat at the local pub with an old friend. He mentioned that he's astounded how people demonize the Russians these days. He has a point. No people is the devil but the devil is indeed nevertheless always everywhere. Or... See More » (1)
I'll never forget Sam NeillThe Spectator wrote this week that actor Sam Neill, whose unexpected death was announced by his family, was claimed as a son by not one, but three countries. Born in Northern Ireland, grown up in New Zealand, and first making his name in Australia,... See More » (1)
Has anything changed?is something my friends ask me as the historian in the group often enough. Nothing major is my answer then because human kind is still that. There's still a bin and a Nige around. Up the RA indeed 🙄 Although, come to think of it, I wish there was so... See More »
Did you know that todaythere was the annual Belgian Cenotaph Parade, which traditionally takes place on the Saturday preceding Belgian National Day (July 21). Belgium is the only non-Commonwealth nation allowed to parade its troops, armed and in uniform, through the... See More » (1)
Book to share - May 2026Winston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 1948-54, he published six volumes of memoirs. They secured his reputation and shaped our understanding... See More »
Greatness is perhaps problematic, but...Few great statesmen have also been great historians. In the 20th century, only Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill combined these two talents, and in both cases, one could say, following Clausewitz's formula, that writing history was the... See More » (1)
What is a truly great man?The ambitions of Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin and Mao were built of the sacrifice of millions of people. And with pitifully little to show in the aftermath. The ambition of Charles de Gaulle, however, was just to rescue his homeland France from its... See More » (3)
