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Sunday round-up 26 October 2025
Birthdays for Jaclyn Smith, Hillary Clinton and the incomparable Roger Allam, a slew of early British saints and the anniversary of the Gunfight at the…
Oct 26
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Eliot Wilson
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In defence of the Holy Roman Empire, and on the usage of "empire"
Voltaire's barb about the Holy Roman Empire was pointed and witty, but glib and unsatisfactory; we can, and should, do better
Oct 22
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 19 October 2025
Eighty candles for Gloria Jones, John Lithgow and Jeannie C. Riley: coincidence? You tell me... Plus the downfall of Lloyd George and the feast of St…
Oct 19
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Eliot Wilson
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Defence and security digest: stories you may have missed
Structural change at the German Ministry of Defence; a flurry of aircraft purchases; a securocrat par excellence
Oct 16
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 12 October 2025
Admit it, when did you last hold Carlos the Jackal and Les Dennis in the same thought? Yet birthday boys both today; and various forms of Columbus Day…
Oct 12
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Eliot Wilson
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Cousin marriage: can we blame Henry VIII?
The Tudor monarch has been dragged into the culture wars and hugely misrepresented and misunderstood on the peculiar subject of consanguinity
Oct 10
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 5 October 2025
Clinking glasses for Peter Ackroyd, Bob Geldof and Imran Khan, the first aerial combat and International Day of No Prostitution—lots to get through...
Oct 5
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Eliot Wilson
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What age should a Labour leader be?
Having charted the ages at which Conservative leaders took office, I repeated the exercise for the Labour Party
Oct 2
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Eliot Wilson
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September 2025
What age should a Conservative Party leader be?
Looking at the ages at which Leaders of the Conservative Party assumed the position, and what conclusions might be drawn from the data
Sep 30
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 28 September 2025
French icon Brigitte Bardot celebrates her 91st birthday, it's the feast of St Wenceslaus and Ulster Day marks the signing of the Solemn League and…
Sep 28
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Eliot Wilson
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Who was PM when the PM was born?
Quirks of chronology or sources of hidden meaning and insight—you decide
Sep 27
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Eliot Wilson
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Undersea cables and UK national resilience
Parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy recently published a report on undersea cables, from which we can draw broader…
Sep 27
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Eliot Wilson
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