My descriptions of the Northern Peoples – travel in Stockholm and Uppsala
I am returning today to my notes on my travels, and piecing together the literary and…
The slow death of my history
Over the last couple of months I have been reading history. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs:…
Turn and face the strange…
About a year ago I wrote a post Time might change me, but I can’t change time. It…
The many cradles of civilizations (list)
Civilizations and natures From time to time, I am tempted to be a prophet of a…
Time may change me but I can’t change time
Roger Scruton writes, in How to be a Conservative: Whatever our religion and our private convictions,…
Final millennial prediction: initiative will continue to shift
Fernandez-Armesto’s final prediction is almost too mild. It would seem like stating the obvious until you…