Russell James
@russellishere.bsky.social
Fiction and non-fiction writer first published in 1989.
So now it's MACA: Make America Catholic Again.
May 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
So now it's MACA: Make America Catholic Again.
We misread the signal:
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We misread the signal:
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
It's MACA - Make America Catholic Again.
In 1880 elementary education for all children became compulsory. And in 1899 we find this advertisement for an orphan working school.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In 1880 elementary education for all children became compulsory. And in 1899 we find this advertisement for an orphan working school.
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Glad someone's laughing . . .
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Glad someone's laughing . . .
The Sound of Music:
April 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Sound of Music:
Charity Schools had existed in Britain from the 16th century, and in the 19th began to be supplemented by Dame Schools, Ragged Schools, and other establishments – not all of whom had the best intentions.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Charity Schools had existed in Britain from the 16th century, and in the 19th began to be supplemented by Dame Schools, Ragged Schools, and other establishments – not all of whom had the best intentions.
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I can't shake my teenage love for them; they still have a place in my pounding heart . . .
March 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I can't shake my teenage love for them; they still have a place in my pounding heart . . .
Are macho leaders about to wreck the modern world?
See how women in the Victorian era spoke out: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
See how women in the Victorian era spoke out: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
March 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Are macho leaders about to wreck the modern world?
See how women in the Victorian era spoke out: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
See how women in the Victorian era spoke out: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
If there's one thing we can rely on, it's that we can't rely on America.
March 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
If there's one thing we can rely on, it's that we can't rely on America.
TRUMP: I can end this Ukraine/Russia war in just one day.
INTERVIEWER: How?
TRUMP: I'll surrender.
INTERVIEWER: How?
TRUMP: I'll surrender.
February 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
TRUMP: I can end this Ukraine/Russia war in just one day.
INTERVIEWER: How?
TRUMP: I'll surrender.
INTERVIEWER: How?
TRUMP: I'll surrender.
Breaking News: JD Vance says the Ukraine/Russia war is not only bad for Russia, Ukraine and Europe, but "most importantly, it is bad for the United States". And how many thousand casualties has America had?
February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Breaking News: JD Vance says the Ukraine/Russia war is not only bad for Russia, Ukraine and Europe, but "most importantly, it is bad for the United States". And how many thousand casualties has America had?
Great, Great Britain before we left Europe.
(7,000 years ago.)
(7,000 years ago.)
February 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Great, Great Britain before we left Europe.
(7,000 years ago.)
(7,000 years ago.)
If you read or have an interest in #Victorian books, why not try my compendious encyclopaedia of women writers? (The TLS liked it.) Details at russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
January 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you read or have an interest in #Victorian books, why not try my compendious encyclopaedia of women writers? (The TLS liked it.) Details at russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
I know how he feels.
January 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I know how he feels.
Seems fair to me.
January 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Seems fair to me.
And to bring a happy Christmas to all my friends:
Another plucking angel!
Another plucking angel!
December 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
And to bring a happy Christmas to all my friends:
Another plucking angel!
Another plucking angel!
I didn't get my winter fuel payment, which I understand - but today the UK government sent me my '£10 Christmas present' payment. I mean, really? Why? Is there some deep logic here that I haven't fathomed?
December 9, 2024 at 6:43 PM
I didn't get my winter fuel payment, which I understand - but today the UK government sent me my '£10 Christmas present' payment. I mean, really? Why? Is there some deep logic here that I haven't fathomed?
I remember, I remember, I remember when it was . . . kind of.
(And I remember what a blotter was.)
(And I remember what a blotter was.)
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
I remember, I remember, I remember when it was . . . kind of.
(And I remember what a blotter was.)
(And I remember what a blotter was.)
"I'm confused. Is not getting the winter fuel payment the same as Assisted Dying?"
(From The Spectator, which has lost its sense of humour, except in its cartoons.)
(From The Spectator, which has lost its sense of humour, except in its cartoons.)
December 5, 2024 at 7:25 PM
"I'm confused. Is not getting the winter fuel payment the same as Assisted Dying?"
(From The Spectator, which has lost its sense of humour, except in its cartoons.)
(From The Spectator, which has lost its sense of humour, except in its cartoons.)
Treat yourself this Christmas:
Have a great time in the company of 1,500 Victorian Women Writers!
They’re here: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
Have a great time in the company of 1,500 Victorian Women Writers!
They’re here: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
December 2, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Treat yourself this Christmas:
Have a great time in the company of 1,500 Victorian Women Writers!
They’re here: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
Have a great time in the company of 1,500 Victorian Women Writers!
They’re here: russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/books/victor...
This was more than a century ago - and what have we learned?
November 30, 2024 at 6:40 PM
This was more than a century ago - and what have we learned?
But how long to get away from Elon Musk?
November 23, 2024 at 12:21 PM
But how long to get away from Elon Musk?
Well, that was half the picture! I'll try again.
November 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Well, that was half the picture! I'll try again.