WOMEN OF THE NILE
In the 1800s, a trio of women, I have called them “Women of the Nile”, forever changed the study and understanding of ancient Egypt. So …
THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP
In 1905, the future Bloomsbury Group, a group of artists, writers and intellectuals, began to meet weekly at 46 Gordon Square in Bloomsbury, London. This …
TIDY FRIDGE
One of life’s mysteries is that it’s a struggle, sometimes, to find anything to eat in your “tidy fridge” – the clutter just gets in …
MYTHOLOGICAL AMERICAN COWBOY IMAGE
These days, reality is slowly undermining the political power of the mythological American Cowboy image. In the years after World War II, that image helped …
MEN & WOMEN
I saw this list in a recent article and thought it would be fun to pass it on to my readers. You may not agree …
HEDY LAMARR
I found this story about Hedy Lamarr fascinating, mainly because it had never occurred to me that she was a brilliant inventor as well as …
WORDS OF WISDOM
Words of wisdom sometime come from unexpected sources. The more succinct they are, the more impact they have but, equally, the harder they are to …
SENSATIONALISM
Media sensationalism, it seems, is the overriding requirement for all reporting in today’s world. The U.S. Presidential debate between President Biden and Donald Trump is …
RELIGION AND THE UNITED STATES
Religion and the United States is a topic I have written about several times in past blogs. In particular, I have discussed the fact that …
QUALITY OF LIFE
Sitting with my Italian architect in the central piazza of the hilltop town of Citta della Pieve a couple of weeks ago, drinking my second …