Second paragraph of third section (on Battery Park):Fort Amsterdam changed names several limes (based upon the ruling country), including being named Fort George during the rule of George I, George II and George III. During the American Revolution, George Washington's troops seized the fort from the British in 1775. Guns from the fort fired on the ( Read more... )

This is the latest post in a series I started last November, anticipating the twentieth anniversary of my bookblogging which will fall in 2023. Every six-ish days I've been revisiting a month from my recent past, noting work and family developments as well as the books I read in that month. I've found it a pleasantly cathartic process, especially ( Read more... )

Anne and I went to see Hamilton in London on Tuesday night - tickets booked a year ago, which turned out to be absolutely lousy timing from the work point of view where things are exceptionally busy right now, but there you go.

The show really is fantastic. I was lucky enough to get to the Chicago run just over a year ago; I enjoyed that a lot, ( Read more... )

Sir Ivan Rogers' letter to staff in full
Speaks for itself.
(tags: ukpolitics brexit eu )

An Interactive Visualization of Every Line in Hamilton
This is really cool.
(tags: hamilton )

Showing up
It's important.
(tags: life Death )

Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump - NYTimes.com
A Republican elector writes.
(tags: uspolitics )

Russia's Top 5 Myths about NATO (PDF)
Just in case you weren't aware.
(tags: Russia nato politics )

Share of households owning at least one cat in the EU in 2014, by country
Romania top, Slovakia bottom.
(tags: cats statistics eu )
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I was in Chicago this weekend for SMOFcon (currently between planes in Copenhagen), and @YesTHATColette managed to get tickets for the matinée performance of Hamilton yesterday. As you may remember, I've been addicted to this show since January, so I was really glad to be able to go even though the cast is of course different to the original ( Read more... )

What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?
Brilliant account of a quest for the truth.
(tags: travel history death )

Unapproved Routes: The Irish Border, 1922-1972 - Dancing at the crossroads of history
Sounds interesting!
(tags: northernireland ireland )

Hamilton’s America: Full Film
Brilliant brilliant documentary. Watch it!
(tags: hamilton )
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You will not have my hate
Brilliant by Natalie Ceeney @ceeneynatalie.
(tags: work politics psychology )

Aberfan - 50 years on
Never to be forgotten.
(tags: wales )

Does Wallonia’s veto of CETA spell the beginning of the end of EU trade policy?
Great piece from @CEPS_thinktank.
(tags: eu )

Donald Trump Is the First Demagogue of the Anthropocene
How ( Read more... )

"Alexander Hamilton" in ASL
Chills down the spine...
(tags: hamilton disability )

UKIP's MP Is Arguing With Scientists About What Causes Tides And People Are Taking The Piss
And rightly so.
(tags: brexit astronomy )

Terence Crutcher's Family Seeks Criminal Charges: 'His Life Mattered'
Another one.
(tags: race uspolitics )

Police In North Carolina ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third chapter: These were excellent questions, and Ron Chernow wished that he knew how to answer them. Soon after Lin returned from his vacation to Mexico (having folded down many page-corners in Chernow's book, having called out many ideas to Vanessa as they popped into his brain), he reached out to the author of the biography ( Read more... )