politics

John Likes Facebook

Niall O'Donnell 9 Comments

Or does he? That’s the thing: I don’t know, really.

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Infantry

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I told you yesterday I’ve been enjoying some light, frothy, sunny-weather reading in the form of Siegfried Sassoon’s 1930 tale of the horror and drudgery of World War I: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

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Euskal Herria

Niall O'Donnell 12 Comments

Hello there!

Yes, I’ve been away for a little while again. Between Saturday and Thursday, I was on a well-earned holiday to the Basque Country.

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Carolin Gallego

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Today, I came across a letter written to New York magazine in 1992. Normally I wouldn’t expect such a thing to be particularly interesting, but this letter was written by someone called Carolin Gallego about her apparent boss, Donald Trump. Continue reading →

Bohemian Rhapsody

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Why do we call a free-spirited artistic type a bohemian? Continue reading →

Secretary

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What are the first six letters of the word secretary?

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How do You Pronounce Often?

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Is the T silent or not?

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