Cecil John Rhodes was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. The son of a Vicar, Rhodes was sent to South Africa as a 17 year old, in the belief that it would be beneficial for his health. Though today’s woke fanatics frantically try to...
I recently read the following statement: Battles aren’t decided on a spreadsheet of losses, they’re determined by which side achieved its objectives, and which didn’t — a lesson it would be incumbent on Americans to remember, as...
Suella Braverman: The Left may be ashamed of Britain’s history – but we should celebrate it Attorney General is proud of the British Empire for what it brought to the world in terms of language, culture and the industrial revolution By...
Richard Steyn is at pains to claim his biography about Milner was not written to continue the vilification of the man, and I do not doubt that he set out with honourable intentions. I must admit, however, that I feared the worst when I read, on...
Ever since I dared to challenge the Apartheid-era myths surrounding the Boer War, there have been those on the lunatic fringe who have frantically tried to silence me, dismiss my research, or otherwise ‘cancel’ me. Of course, one would have...
This is the sort of thing that True Believers like to send one another: Needless to say, none of this utter nonsense is referenced, and there is zero evidence that either quote is genuine. Given that Montgomery made his name in the North African...
Realising that the much-cherished myths of the Boer War are so ridiculous and far-fetched, someone recently asked me how much longer they can last. In truth, it’s an impossible question to answer as, of course, one should never under-estimate the...
Quora provided me some amusement a couple of months back, when an entertainingly deluded lady posted this utter nonsense: Anyway, I pointed out all her mistakes, and we swapped a few messages in which she made herself look increasingly...
I was recently sent a newsletter of a company called Battle Tours which, among other things, included events which had happened during the various months of April during the Boer War. Two caught my eye immediately: April 1900: Boer activity in...
The Telegraph reports that Putin, addressing a much-reduced military parade (I wonder where all the missing tanks are?) today, claimed that Russia had no choice but to invade the Ukraine, because the West was “preparing for the invasion of...
I was recently sent some photos of an article which appeared in this magazine: Rather disappointingly, given that it is written by someone who is apparently a Battlefield Guide and really should know better, the article kicked off with some...
At the risk of stretching the comparison to breaking-point, there continue to be interesting parallels between Putin’s ongoing invasion of the Ukraine, and Kruger’s invasion of British territory back in 1899. Both embarked upon their ‘crusades’...
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