British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking.
Giles MacDonogh
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#birdoftheday #nesting
You really never know what you're going to find next!
We discovered this brick in our Brick Drying Shed, which intrigued us for obvious reasons.
No one actually seems to know but such bricks seem to have been made by Stanley Brothers of Nuneaton, who dated back to the 1700s!
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Marioupol c'est l'Ukraine
The case for proportional representation is increasingly being made by politicians from across the political spectrum. Labour's leadership contenders are the latest sign that momentum for electoral reform continues to grow.
Just sent out. The USA seems to have committed war crime deliberately and openly, by destroying civilian access to water as summer approaches. It is strategically idiotic and morally repulsive--and needs to be acknowledged if the US has a chance to recover. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Cornucopist
Amberley Museum
Pierre Heudebert
Electoral Reform Society
So this very much looks like a deliberate war crime that was made as a threat to commit even more horrible war crimes. It will almost certainly not work, though it might lead to thousands of Iranian civilian deaths. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
German Tales open.substack.com/pub/gilesmac...
Whew. Too many times, I’ve seen really mean people live way longer than medical professionals could explain. Too stubborn to die? Too afraid of going to hell? Who knows.
They cling to life and somehow just keep going.
Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
In August 1998, I visited the lovely little town of Coburg in the centre of Germany, now chiefly known for the ducal family which provided so many two-legged thoroughbreds to restock European thrones.
We have seen a number of events in recent days that have crystallised the long build-up of momentum in the Labour Party’s for proportional representation. Firstly, over the weekend, An
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
Ukrainian drones attacking the port in Mariupol on June 6
Targets include:
"Electric substations, radar equipment, repair infrastructure, a control tower, and fuel and lubricant containers were hit, as well as the sanctioned cargo ship "Lady Augusta", which is part of the shadow fleet"
I'm no doctor, but it kinda seems like if somebody bumped into Trump he would crumble into dust
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The hedgehog
Paul Waldman
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Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.
