Imperial echoes

Imperial echoes

While five great powers — Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal — were forging maritime empires between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, a sixth, Russia, was carving out an equally grandiose realm spanning Europe and Asia — not to mention claiming Alaska for a few decades before selling it
Weekly Roundup Saturday 27 April

Weekly Roundup Saturday 27 April

War memorial Forbes The so-called “cost of living” crisis is a low-wage problem of the Coalition’s making, the dangerously simplified world of central bankers, spooks and cops on the threat from social media, democracy becomes collateral damage from fear campaigns. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles,

Imperial echoes

Imperial echoes
While five great powers — Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal — were forging maritime empires between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, a sixth, Russia, was carving out an equally grandiose realm spanning Europe and Asia — not to mention claiming Alaska for a few decades before selling it

Weekly Roundup Saturday 27 April

Weekly Roundup Saturday 27 April
War memorial Forbes The so-called “cost of living” crisis is a low-wage problem of the Coalition’s making, the dangerously simplified world of central bankers, spooks and cops on the threat from social media, democracy becomes collateral damage from fear campaigns. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles,