Thursday, January 31, 2019

I just want a friend

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‘Why did I decide to start a diary today? Has something important happened? Have I discovered that my friends are keeping diaries of their o...
Friday, January 25, 2019

The League is the solution

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‘Today may be epoch marking in the history of the World. The Peace Conference opened its sessions in Paris with the representatives of the c...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The father of anarchism

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, considered by some to be the father of anarchism, was born 210 years ago today. He came from humble, rural origins, ...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Philippine hero’s birth date

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Carlos P. Romulo, one of the most decorated Filipinos in history, was born 120 years ago today. Although there is widespread disagreement ac...
Friday, January 11, 2019

Curzon’s fate was sealed

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‘[Leo] Amery related the important part he played in choice of Baldwin as PM in 1923. [. . .] Amery did not think Curzon suitable on persona...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Suffragists of every religion

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‘I almost had to pinch myself to make sure that I was alive. Really this day has been one of the happiest of my life - now I have shaken the...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Such interesting anecdotes

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‘At court on the Queen’s birth-night, her Majesty dressed in buff satin, trimmed with the sable just made her a present of by the Empress of...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Merry Crispness!

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‘It is no exaggeration to say that Quentin Crisp could well be the wittiest man alive. For that very reason, unfortunately but understandabl...

A vicious feast

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‘A vicious feast, wherein I exceeded in meat and drink, for want of circumspection and prudence, a sin against God. . .’ This is from the sp...