Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Why I Like The Movie Of 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (2003)

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I was reading last month that the movie, 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (2003), ended Sean Connery's movie acting caree...
Monday, 9 May 2011

What If Josef Stalin Had Died Before The October Revolution In Russia?

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My views on this topic can be found in my e-book ‘Other Lives: 'What If?' Essays about Famous People in History’ .   It is availab...
Saturday, 7 May 2011

Published Writing: Rise in Quantity; Fall in Quality?

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As I have commented before, like many people I tend to get the bulk of my news from the internet and rolling news channels.  In the UK I am ...
Thursday, 5 May 2011

What If The Taiping Kingdom Had Persisted?

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My views on this topic can be found in my e-book ‘Down Other Tracks: Alternate Outcomes of the 19th Century’ by Alexander Rooksmoor.  ...
Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Resisting Counter-Factual Speculation: China And Time-Travel Movies

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In past postings, I have looked at how uneasy Americans can be about counter-factual discussions around the history of the USA:  http://rook...
Monday, 2 May 2011

Appreciating The Work Of Richard Holmes

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These days, with 17% of the population scheduled to live until they are 100, when you hear of a person dying in their 60s you tend to think ...
Sunday, 1 May 2011

Creating More 'Working Poor' In The UK

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I know that my belief, that the current prime minister has an agenda to push the structure of British society back to the pattern it had a c...