Graham Addison
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In Liz Truss’s head, only one thing had absolutely nothing to do with bringing down Liz Truss, and that thing is: Liz Truss
February 23, 2024 at 10:57 AM
In Liz Truss’s head, only one thing had absolutely nothing to do with bringing down Liz Truss, and that thing is: Liz Truss
No less than Queen Victoria was frustrated when Roderick Maclean who tried to shoot her in Windsor was found not guilty of high treason by reason of insanity and sent to Broadmoor, where he remained for the rest of his life. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rode...
Roderick Maclean: the mad poet who shot at Victoria
As a would-be poet, Roderick Maclean dealt with rejection rather badly. In 1882, after verses he had sent to Queen Victoria were returned with a curt note from a lady-in-waiting, he bought himself a
www.thetimes.co.uk
February 22, 2024 at 5:01 PM
No less than Queen Victoria was frustrated when Roderick Maclean who tried to shoot her in Windsor was found not guilty of high treason by reason of insanity and sent to Broadmoor, where he remained for the rest of his life. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rode...
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Yet he also massacred thousands of prisoners after the siege of Jaffa including many who surrendered on the promise that they would be spared. The time taken to do this cost him and he was defeated at the siege of Acre. He did not return to France because Josephine was having an affair 3/
December 1, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Yet he also massacred thousands of prisoners after the siege of Jaffa including many who surrendered on the promise that they would be spared. The time taken to do this cost him and he was defeated at the siege of Acre. He did not return to France because Josephine was having an affair 3/
Napoleon took 167 savants to Egypt to explore and document the country and they produced a masterful work Description de l'Égypte. This reignited the European interest in Egypt and the middle east in general. He didn't just look at a mummy and fire a cannon at the pyramids. 2/
December 1, 2023 at 11:41 AM
Napoleon took 167 savants to Egypt to explore and document the country and they produced a masterful work Description de l'Égypte. This reignited the European interest in Egypt and the middle east in general. He didn't just look at a mummy and fire a cannon at the pyramids. 2/
She found a large headless statue of a Roman Emperor in Ashkelon. She was digging for a horde of gold some Franciscan monks in Syria persuaded her that an ancient document said was located there. She wanted to give the gold to the Ottoman govt. 2/
November 28, 2023 at 3:03 PM
She found a large headless statue of a Roman Emperor in Ashkelon. She was digging for a horde of gold some Franciscan monks in Syria persuaded her that an ancient document said was located there. She wanted to give the gold to the Ottoman govt. 2/
There is another parallel as well. In 1903 Joseph Chamberlain proposed to Theodor Herzl that a Jewish homeland could be created in Uganda and Chamberlain's successors want to send those arriving on small boats to Rwanda which is next door. Clearly there is something about central Africa
November 23, 2023 at 2:36 PM
There is another parallel as well. In 1903 Joseph Chamberlain proposed to Theodor Herzl that a Jewish homeland could be created in Uganda and Chamberlain's successors want to send those arriving on small boats to Rwanda which is next door. Clearly there is something about central Africa