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20th Century

Best Reads of 2021

Here’s a brief rundown of my favourite books from 2021: essentially those I awarded 5* on my Goodreads page. But just to be clear, it’s

28th December 2021 5 Comments

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The texts of some of Irina Ratushinskaya’s poetry

When I did the Echoes from Eternity edition of Irina Ratushinskaya poems, I mentioned that I would post the texts of some of them. So,

12th August 2020 1 Comment

BOOKS/WRITING

Echoes from Eternity: 35. Irina Ratushinskaya from the Gulag

Irina Ratushinskaya was an inspiration. I’ve mentioned her here before, having had a fluke encounter in a bookshop. She proved remarkably resilient in the most

28th June 2020 1 Comment

20th Century

Echoes from Eternity: 26. VE Day 1945 & the Nazi Surrender

The 2020 VE day is the 75th. We can’t witness great spectacles and commemoration events because of the virus. Everything is much more low-key, necessarily.

8th May 2020 No Comments

20th Century

Echoes from Eternity: 25. Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America

This will probably seem a very odd inclusion into the Echoes series. After all, journalism is as ephemeral as it gets. Most of it is

6th May 2020 No Comments

20th Century

Anti-Semitism in the UK: 3. Figleaves, Snowflakes and Statistics

Previous posts Anti-Semitism in the UK: 1. 75 years after Auschwitz… Anti-Semitism in the UK: 2. The challenge of definitions Now I’m super-conscious that the

17th February 2020 No Comments