The Lollards were religious reformers, heretics against the Catholic Church of the 15th century, proto-protestants, in some ways. Lollardy initially… READ MORE
As previously noted in this blog, the (often trumpeted by the left) landslide Labour government of 1945-51 took power claiming… READ MORE
“If a satirical prophecy in “Vox Graculi,” 4to. 1623, may be relied on as authority, it bears testimony to the… READ MORE
The German-language socialist (later anarchist) paper Freiheit (meaning Freedom) was first published from London, though mainly aimed at distribution in Germany,… READ MORE
William Joyce, later famous for broadcasting pro-Nazi propaganda from Germany during World War 2, was born in New York City… READ MORE
The English civil war of the 1640s opened up space in British society for radical new political, social, religious and… READ MORE
Sick of religious fundamentalism leading to murder, rape and war? Feel rage at god-botherers preying on the poor and vulnerable?… READ MORE
In the eighteenth century, Britain’s territorial and commercial empire was expanding in every direction across the globe; this exponential scramble… READ MORE
This post was totally nicked, tis hard this time of year, and Nick Heath basically wrote what needed to be… READ MORE
In the rolling juggernaut that is gentrification, in London, we are mostly losing. Since the 1970s, the middle class who… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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