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That Reminds Me: The fairest of them all? Part Two

RETURNING to my personal parade of screen beauties which began last week brings me to two movie versions of the 1934 James M Cain novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. The story concerns Cora, a gorgeous blonde who runs a California diner with her much older husband Nick. A young drifter named Frank Chambers drops in for […]

The riddle of Russia, Part 6

This is the sixth and last in Hillsdale College’s October 2022 lecture series on Russia. The first, Russia from 1696-1917: An Overview, a veritable ‘history’ tour de force through Russia’s shifting borders, wars and alliances by the American historian Sean McMeekin, can be found here with my fuller introduction to the series. The second, by Steve Kotkin, another American […]

The riddle of Russia, Part 5

WE have arrived at the fifth in Hillsdale College’s October 2022 lecture series on Russia. The first, Russia from 1696-1917: An Overview, a veritable ‘history’ tour de force through Russia’s shifting borders, wars and alliances by the American historian Sean McMeekin, can be found here with my fuller introduction to the series. The second, by Steve Kotkin, another […]

The riddle of Russia, Part 4

SINCE the time of Peter the Great, Russia has been a force in the world, both politically and culturally. It remains so today, despite the fact that many dismissed it after the fall of the Soviet Union. Described by Winston Churchill as ‘a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’, this is the Russia that […]

The riddle of Russia, Part 3

WINSTON Churchill once described Russia as ‘a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’. It is this enigma that Hillsdale College, an independently minded academic institution in the US, decided to explore a year ago. To better, and indeed fully, understand Russia’s conflict with Ukraine and Russia’s role in the shifting balance of power in today’s world, […]

The riddle of Russia, Part 2

WINSTON Churchill once described Russia as ‘a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’.  It is this enigma that Hillsdale College, an independently minded academic institution in the US, decided to explore a year ago. To better, and indeed fully, understand Russia’s conflict with Ukraine and Russia’s role in the shifting balance of power in today’s […]

A beginners’ guide to Covid, Part 8: How it started

Continuing Paul Weston’s series of articles intended for those who have not yet heard the truth about the disaster caused by the response to the Covid non-pandemic. You can read the introduction and Part 1 here. Click on the numbers for Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. THIS chapter is a little out […]