Fairweather Manor: Live Action Role-Playing Meets Downtown Abbey
Aside from a few minor quibbles about pacing, I really enjoyed the second season of Westworld, the HBO television dramaContinue Reading
Tag: Poland
Poland Accelerates Its Destruction Of The Primeval Białowieża Forest
One of the lesser discussed aspects of the cultural republicanism which fuelled the early 20th century Irish Revolution were theContinue Reading
In Our Forests, Like Our Language, Lies Our True Wealth
When the first Neolithic families migrated to Ireland around 4000 BCE they found an island that was overwhelmingly forested, with at least 80% tree cover.Continue Reading
Vice News On Poland’s Paramilitary Groups And Militias
Vice News’ German team has a short documentary on the growth of private militias in Poland, non-state groupings that can legally organise and train their membershipsContinue Reading
The Age Of Wars
Couple of things caught my eye over the weekend. One is the low key presence of the regular Iraqi ArmedContinue Reading
Monsters From The Id
A sobering and very personal reminder from Bock the Robber of the beast that lies at the core of thatContinue Reading
Vasili Blokhin, The Butcher Of Katyn
A fascinating and quite disturbing post by the Cotton Boll Conspiracy on the infamous “Soviet Butcher” Vasili Blokhin. chief executioner ofContinue Reading
“Irish Fans To Face SAS” – Diplomatic, No?
To be honest with you I have little to no interest in this Euro 2012 malarkey. Soccer? God awful sport. Give me hurlingContinue Reading
From Königsberg To Kaliningrad – The Mutable Nature Of European Borders
A fascinating article from Der Spiegel on the visit of the veteran 81 year old German and Hollywood actor Armin Mueller-StahlContinue Reading
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