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Who Was England’s Greatest Ruler? Whittling down the Contestants
In this post we will look at the first round of the competition with a short summary of all the rulers, and then see how each of them faired in the competition in Round 1. more …
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Who Was England’s Greatest Ruler? A Fun Podcast Vote
Part 1 : How The History of England Podcast members decided once and for all, who was The “Greatest Ruler of England”? Even if you are not a true-born red blooded Englishman or Englishwoman or other, you no doubt are aware the you need to know more about the history of the nation that… more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island : Our Campervan Adventure Part 7
If you are on a budget of either time or money, or both perhaps, and you can only do one cruise in New Zealand, then personally I recommend that you do the Doubtful Sound cruise. more …
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Trans-Women are not Women
Left wing progressive ideology is so often self-defeating. It took the UK Supreme Court to spell out to the left-wing progressives what the rest of society already knew. more …
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Trump and Women
One thing I have learnt from turning into a history nerd is that there are very few people, if any in history who have no redeeming features or whose every decision is a wrong one, or whose every decision has a negative consequence. more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island: Our Campervan Adventure Part 6
We had arrived on Stewart Island early evening, it was still light, just but the evening was getting old, Sandra was tired, as was I having been up very early for our Shark Adventure, and it seemed like a bit of a trek to the AirBnB where we were staying, a cabin in the… more …
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Where Do My Taxes Go?
Visited my tax page on gov.uk today and saw how my taxes are being spent. I have to say that looking at it as objectively as possible, that’s not a bad way to spend the money … more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island: Our Campervan Adventure Part 5
It was early in the morning on Saturday 21st December 2024 when we arrived at the offices of Shark Experience Ltd for our cage diving with sharks experience. The sky was overcast, it was dull and it was raining and the mood of the weather reflected, if I am honest, my own somewhat downbeat… more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island: Our Campervan Adventure Part 4
We left Purakaunui Bay campsite in the morning and headed for Cathedral Caves in the Catlins which looked interesting. The caves are a large V-shaped structure which you can walk through at low tide. more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island : Our Campervan Adventure Part 3
Last time we had just departed Taylormade Motors in Dunedin in a loan car whilst they fixed our campervan . We were heading for the far end of the Otago peninsula where the only mainland colony of Royal Albatrosses in the world is located. more …
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