Italians outraged after headmaster scraps Christmas carol concert following Paris attacks (but Christmas such a modern Christian hijacking of old pagan “hairy nights” rituals anyway; we SHOULD ditch Christmas rituals)
Principal says he did not want to cause offence to non-Christian pupils by organising a winter concert instead of a Christmas-related one Italian premier Matteo Renzi expressed his indignation that … Continue reading
Belgium police failed to secure flat containing chemicals during Brussels terror alert
Tools that could be used to make home-made bombs were found but police failed to remove chemicals, British experts tell the Telegraph By Rory Mulholland, Paris and Gregory Walton Telegraph 29 … Continue reading
Here Symons remarks that a conventionally happy ending, of marriage, might not have brought the anticipated joys
Here Symons remarks that a conventionally happy ending, of marriage, might not have brought the anticipated joys: But, for the good fortune of poets, things never do go happily with … Continue reading
Dowson begged Moore also to go to see Adelaide: ‘I have broken my heart over her, but she remains, none the less, my sole interest in life.’
Dowson begged Moore also to go to see Adelaide: ‘I have broken my heart over her, but she remains, none the less, my sole interest in life.’ In dedicating Verses … Continue reading
Was Titanic inquiry scuppered by the Freemasons?
A new secret archive shows a high level of masonic involvement in the inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic The Titanic inquiry may have foundered because of Masonic involvement Photo: … Continue reading
Dowson wrote to Smith that he objected to being wept over
Dowson wrote to Smith that he objected to being wept over. I am not remarkably prosperous nor particularly happy — who is? But I do not go about in Paris … Continue reading
Fresh ECB stimulus set to hit Europe’s biggest banks
Further interest rate cuts will hurt profit margins at the eurozone’s largest and safest lenders The European Central Bank is set to unleash more stimulus this week Photo: EPA/FRANK RUMPENHORST By … Continue reading
Other verse which seems likely to have been written at this time shows his sense that Adelaide had slipped away from him
Other verse which seems likely to have been written at this time shows his sense that Adelaide had slipped away from him, though his love, which was always redolent of … Continue reading
Paris gave back Dowson some sparks of his old fire
Paris gave back Dowson some sparks of his old fire. He was impoverished, but his correspondence has all the joys of his letters of two years previously. He noted cheerfully … Continue reading
Archaeologists believe they are a step closer to finding Queen Nefertiti’s tomb
Radar scans reveal what could be secret corridor inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb adding weight to theory that he was laid to rest in his stepmother’s burial complex The linen-wrapped mummy … Continue reading
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