Second paragraph of third section, plus footnote:Dresden House is a historic landmark in Evesham, Warwickshire, an important market town on the River Avon, both then and today. Located on the High Street, the name of this 1692 townhouse comes from Dr. Baylies, who married Elizabeth Cookes, the daughter of the builder of 'the Mansion', thereby ( Read more... )

Elvish as she is spoke
What Tolkien was doing and what other people did to it.
(tags: tolkien languages )

What Donald Trump Needs to Know About Bob Mueller and Jim Comey
Fascinating (long) read.
(tags: uspolitics )

What conspiracy theories can tell us about politics in Greece
“When assessing a populist government, it’s always hard to tell whether it’s just incompetence or dark designs.”
(tags: politics Greece )

Brexit is (maybe) the ruin of Irish whiskey
...and much else besides.
(tags: ukpolitics ireland brexit eu )

Trump adviser Navarro: U.S, Germany ( Read more... )

The Road Goes On-The Making of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Silmarillion'
In brief.
(tags: Tolkien Sf )

Legion of Regrettable Supervillains' comic bad guys
Whoops.
(tags: comics )

[Mar. 24, 1961] The Second Sex In SF First of a series.
(tags: sf sexandgenderandsexuality ) Moon's axis wandered billions of years ago Wow.
(tags: astronomy ) Disaster for Theresa May as legal ruling brings student deportations to a halt "How did the Home Office get to the point where it started deporting innocent people on the basis of ( Read more... )

The Illegitimacy of Aragorn's Claim to the Throne Fair points.
(tags: tolkien ) Disarmament is key Kazakh foreign minister wants to get rid of nukes. (Rightly.)
(tags: kazakhstan nuclear ) How the UK's housing crisis builds a case for Brexit Everything is connected.
(tags: ukpolitics eu housing ) 92-year-old woman faces deportation UK Govt cracks ( Read more... )

• Cameron's EU gamble: Five reforms he can win, and ten pitfalls he must avoid
  Latest analysis from @CER_Grant.
  (tags: eu ukpolitics )
• Giant Squid Babies Caught in Japan, First in World
  Cthulhu fthagn!
  (tags: biology )
• Unfinished story … how the ellipsis arrived in English literature
  Punctuation lore.
  (tags: english language )
• Kafka's Metamorphosis and ( Read more... )

• JRR Tolkien: 'Film my books? Its easier to film the Odyssey'
  Interviewed in 1968 by @telegraph.
  (tags: sf tolkien )
• How to Spot a Sociopath (with Pictures)
  I don't think this is completely accurate, but it is helpful.
  (tags: psychology )

• Doctor Who: 2005-2015 [The Tenth Anniversary Trailer]
  One of many brilliant tributes.
  (tags: doctorwho )
• Of the Rings of Powerpoint and the Third Age
  Business lessons from the Council of Elrond
  (tags: tolkien work )
• Battle of Karánsebes
  I am not sure that I believe this.
  (tags: war )
• If you leave now you’ll miss the rinse cycle and that’s the best ( Read more... )

• Confessions of a white Oxbridge male
  An English perspective.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• James Nicoll reviews Imperial Earth
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• How the Union was almost lost: The inside story of the Scottish independence campaign's last 100 days
  In fairness to &telegraph, this is the sort of piece they do well. (Unionist side only, though.)
  (tags: scotland )
• Song of ( Read more... )