Adullamite

It gives me a strange satisfaction to find that I have finished another book that sits on the pile in front of me.  That pile anyway is o...

My best looking and most intelligent niece only ever made two mistakes, she married a Hun and bore his son.  That said she appears to be ...

I was browsing through Amazon for something to read when it appeared to my little mind a somewhat stupid thing to do as I had several boo...

What a great book! The author takes us through ten cities beginning five millenniums BC and ending with Babylon and its fall.  Indeed sh...

As early as the free bus pass would allow I limped down to the bus aiming for Colchester.  However as the Chelmsford bus was leaving se...

Facts & Details You may well have noticed the latest ISIL publicity stunt, smashing up the monuments and buildings in Nineveh o...

So, by well over 500 votes to 43 the House votes for action, via the RAF, in Iraq.  I had the debate on the telly most of the day and...

One of the ideas that entered David Cameron's head some time ago was the one that said a successful Prime Minister was a strong ...

Unknown Photographer The world tonight shows Scotland's capital Edinburgh along with the rest of the nation on tenterhooks as...

Not that long ago Winston Churchill, he of the champagne breakfasts and half smoked cigars, talked of the 'special relationship...

Independent So the Assad regime in Syria is bad, they say, even though the state is stable. His friends are Russia and Iran, a Shia s...

Book Depository If you wish to understand the Syrian situation, or indeed the Middle East today in any way you need to read this boo...