Though separated by many thousands of miles, there are some remarkable parallels between the history of Texas, and that of the Transvaal. The vast territory of Texas had been tentatively settled during the long period of the Spanish Imperial rule...
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy...
They say that the only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about, so I suppose I should be happy that a certain class of fool still feels the need to bad-mouth me on social media. Apparently, on one of the various Boer War...
Daniel Hannan has written another excellent article in today’s Sunday Telegraph, which I share below: Capitalism not slavery made Britain rich. It’s time we stopped apologising for our past News that the King wants to open royal archives to...
Over the last few years, there has been a steady trickle of books and articles which have started to challenge the lingering National Party myths / self-serving version of the Boer War, and I am sure that even the most fanatical Defenders of the...
On 3 April, 1900, General Cronjé of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek / Transvaal, and around 1000 other Boer POWs departed Cape Town, bound for captivity on St Helena. After his unsuccessful attempt to take Kimberley, and having been completely...
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