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Tuesday, 12 August 2025

Defence Against the Dark Arts Part XXXI: Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books

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E ven though they don't contain  material suitable for quoting on here, I felt that  the Rupert Bear books deserved a mention because o...
Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Honest politicians really are doomed!

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T his is another post in the topical series that features alarming and pessimistic politics-related quotations. T hese words from Taylor Cal...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

More alarming words from Taylor Caldwell

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T aylor Caldwell has been referenced in several articles, including a recent one that features some of her alarming words about wars . H er ...
Monday, 30 June 2025

More about stories as painkillers

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O ne of the many articles inspired by Rudyard Kipling and his words  quotes something he said that made a big impression when I first came a...
Tuesday, 17 June 2025

More about Richard Barham and his Ingoldsby Legends

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T he article about The Reverend Richard Harris Barham (December 6th 1788 to June 17th 1845), who wrote his Legends   using the pen name Thom...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

A few wise words from William Gladstone

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T he UK statesman and former four-time Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone has been mentioned in a few articles, including one about his ...
Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Sir Henry Rider Haggard died on May 14th 1925

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T he death of Sir Henry Rider Haggard occurred on May 14th 1925, one hundred years ago today.  I was addicted to his novels throughout much...