Monthly Archives: August 2012
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Arthur Wellesley: A Stalker’s Guide
230/08/2012 by noonobservation
There are many advantages to stalking historical figures, rather than the living. Firstly, they have fewer bodyguards (although one shouldn’t …
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Memorabilia
324/08/2012 by noonobservation
I spent a good 10 minutes of my life today trying to remember the name of the founder of the …
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Flash Gordon
122/08/2012 by noonobservation
This week I have been reading this 1890 biography of General Gordon (I have the 8th ed, published 1901) and listening to the …
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Adventures in history
Leave a comment21/08/2012 by noonobservation
I tend to spend a lot of my time in the past, poking around in various historical people and places …
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