Weblog Awards 2006: It Was Simply Lovely to be Nominated
Weblog Awards 2006: It Was Simply Lovely to be Nominated Years ago I was simply enamoured over the Academy Awards…who wore what designer, who said what, etc. I always wondered…
I'm Not Trying to be the Grinch…Really
I’m Not Trying to be the Grinch…Really There is no Christmas tree at my house this year. There is no baking, there is no caroling, there is no deck the…
Thursday 13 Version 7: Top Influential Americans
Thirteen Things about The Top Thirteen Influential AmericansAtlantic Magazine has published the 100 most influential Americans compiled by ten eminent historians. Here are the top 13 for your viewing pleasure.…
London in the early eighteenth century
I have been reading a book by S. K.Romanyuk, called Russian London (Русский Лондон), the only guide to the London various Russians lived in. It goes through various themes: first…
Why do people like detective stories?
Without going into the arguments about detective stories being a peculiarly conservative genre, I should just like to quote something I found in a novel by William Morton alias William…
A great heroine
Anyone who asks what sort of narrative can British Muslims have should be told about the tens of thousands of them who fought for Britain in two world wars and…
The noble Lords Howe and Tebbit on the late great Prime Minister
the news in yesterday’s Evening Standard that among those invited to Lady Thatcher’s funeral are her old “friends and colleagues” the Lords Howe and Heseltine (what glorious revenge to make…
After Thatcher
Although Lady Thatcher has been out of action for some years and has not even made any public appearances for the last couple of them, her presence was something many…
February 25, 1956
History Today rightly points to the most important event in modern history that happened on this day in 1956: Khrushchev’s so-called secret speech (it was, actually, secret in most of…
Tory Historian's blog: A shock resignation
No historian can ignore the astonishing announcement by Pope Benedict XVI that he intends to retire from the Chair of St Peter, announcement that has now been confirmed by the…