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August 9, 2017

Review: Tai-Pan, James Clavell

Rating: 5 out of 5 “I dinna ken who you are, but thanks for giving me back my face.” Mr Clavell is one of…

August 8, 2017

Rothesay Castle

Rothesay on the Isle of Bute is a fairly small castle, indeed it could be considered mostly a keep. A few round towers surround…

August 6, 2017

‘Kingdom of Heaven’

‘Kingdom of Heaven’ is one of those mid-00’s films which for many people, I am sure, has achieved some sort of an iconic status….

August 4, 2017

Tallinn Old Town

Reflecting on my trip to the Estonian capital last month, I can say I noticed some things I have not previously been aware of…

August 2, 2017

Stonewall Defense

Bird’s Opening leading to Stonewall Attack is one of my favourite chess openings these days. Admittedly, all of my friends know this now and…

July 31, 2017

Castle Campbell

Castle Campbell sounded like an interesting name to me when I first heard it. I mean, the choice of the name of a clan…

July 29, 2017

Risk

I find Risk to be an entirely invigorating game. The standard methodology of the World map is, however, not nearly as interesting as the…

July 27, 2017

‘Yes, Minister’

Well, “under consideration” means “we’ve lost the file”; “under active consideration” means “we’re trying to find it”. This is a true British classic which…

July 25, 2017

Abdication of Justin II

One of the strengths of Mr Gibbon (Chapter 45) is his propensity to draw up images from the very moment the original events happened….

July 23, 2017

Tantallon Castle

Tantallon is one of the places which I feel looks more spectacular on pictures than in person. This, however, is not because the place…

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