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Books
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Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Tweet Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under [...] read our review »
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A rolling First World War reviews thread.
Tweet Given the day that is in it, and since there are only whatever number of shopping days until Christmas, this post is a rolling review of First World War literature, in its broadest sense to include personal accounts, historical fiction (and everything in between), histories, cinema, documentary, drama, theatre and the endless poetry. Next [...] read our review » -
Stay out of Libya: counterinsurgency doesn’t work
Tweet A moment of some significance in journalism perhaps, as the New York Times reviews the current talked about book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. The author is no bleeding heart but a former assistant Defense Secretary from the Reagan era who stomped his way round the [...] read our review »
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Fantastic video.
O’Beasley Street
Even better the second time through…
Yeah, posted this about a month ago on my FB page, some great lines throughout the piece. “There’s 10 good reasons to go, but a thousand tiny ones not to”…..just sayin
Crouching tiger -hidden naggin
Brilliant line the mother in law to a tee !
I watched this a few hours ago – sober – and now I’ve watched it again after a few bottles of wine. I still don’t get what he is on about …….. apart from appearing in a vid.
saoirsemeansfreedom: I still don’t get what he is on about
Emigration.
That was one of the worst pieces of pseudo philosophy I have ever heard. What a load of b*****ks.
One mans b*****ks is anothers poetry.
Rat Trap for the 21st century.
Needs subtitles