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Fig. 1: "Old Tom Parr," from the National Portrait Gallery, London My apologies for my long absence. I undertook a c...

The Lineup (Photo courtesy of the Beeb) I have recently noticed, in my daily scouring of sundry news-sheets and gazettes, the cu...

Plate I: Dr. Samuel "Pomposo" Johnson, the "Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung From Lichfield" "Few things are so libera...

Your Humble Author, mining the libraries of the world for forgotten antiquarian baubles of knowledge.  I recently came across...

In the spirit of the current  confused governing situation  in Ye Olde Unitede Kingedome, I bring you, faithful readers, the history of th...