Soldiers call for vegan uniforms Vegetarian army boots among suggestions from new campaign group called the Ministry of Defence Vegan and Vegetarian Network ByDanielle Sheridan, POLITICAL AND DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT27 February 2022 • 4:00pm...
It always amazes me that there are still those who fervently believe that poor old, misunderstood, Kruger was ‘forced’ to invade, annex and thoroughly loot British territory. Needless to say, they then have to perform outrageously amusing mental...
There was a recent online discussion about the undue importance given by some Americans to their victory at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), an action which took place towards the end of War of 1812[1]. Given that the war saw Great Britain...
The modern-day obsession with viewing history through a painfully ‘politically correct’ / woke lens is one of my biggest pet hates. An article in the Daily Telegraph perfectly illustrates just what a total bloody farce it is: When...
Beliefs can survive potent logical or empirical challenges. They can survive and even be bolstered by evidence that most uncommitted observers would agree logically demands some weakening of such beliefs. They can even survive the total...
How profitable were British colonies overall? Answered by Ian Holloway, Former Principal Lecturer at Royal Naval College Greenwich I have answered this before. The answer is “we don’t know” and “there is no single answer anyway”. Until the 1980s...
Further to my posting of earlier today, in which I unpacked a rather bizarre response to a question on Quora, I thought I would post my own (hopefully rather more useful) answer to the question: One only has to look at the conduct of the French...
It is always entertaining to see how some people view the Boer War. A resolute refusal to actually read anything about it, combined with decades of propaganda and old wives tales, have resulted in many having the most ridiculous and half-baked...
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