Above, Lower Cheltenham Place, Montpelier, Bristol, with those flat-fronted houses that could be any age from 1810s to 1850s.…
Who dug the New Cut?
This is a story about oral history and how oral history can conflict with official history. It is not yet, unfortunately,…
HyperNormalisation
In response to one person asking public demand, a couple of thoughts arising from the new Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation released…
The consequences of conservatism in the US and the UK
Actually, not really conservatism, that’s not fair (but it was alliterative). Conservatism is a political mood or tradition or character…
I dream of islands: the Dubrovnik project, part 1
I dream of islands And city states Marble on marble, wave on wave The towers rise from Byron’s pages Disrupt…
If you’re not slightly freaked out by conflict archaeology, there’s something wrong with you
Bit of easy hit, this one. So, bite me. My friend Dr Gabe “Legend in his own Lecture Notes” Moshenska,…
NOTES: War Photo Limited, Dubrovnik
Photo above, my own. Dubrovnik from the city walls, September 2016. Rooves much repaired. The many brighter orange patches are…
A history/archaeology of Crazy Shit
I have a belief about beliefs Posit: certain beliefs cluster. Through an unknown combination of crowd effect (you like the…
How to think about the entrenched wealth of the aristocracy
I was recently talking to a constitutional historian whose main interest is in the royal family. He was frustrated and…
Mandates and who has them
It will tickle you if you are of a constitutional cast of mind and also like saying the word “mandate”…
