Tony : That's the only one of its kind in Cheam. An unopened tin of biscuits handed to my great- grandfather by Queen Victoria as he got off the troopship to South Africa Sid: Got off? Tony: Well he would have gone but his leg went bad just before they pulled up the gangplank!

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“scoop” or “black mischief”? #evelynwaugh

#appeasement is the bad habit europe can’t shake.

a novel idea: leave people alone. #overgoverned

the last of england. #speakforenglandarthur

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'What is The Criterion? It is unique for the following reasons. It is Representative... It is Cosmopolitan... It is Constructive... It is Comprehensive...' 1924 brochure for The Criterion, edited by T. S. Eliot between 1922 and 1939.

Challenged at home, beset abroad, Western leaders aren't waving. They're drowning. The global slide toward disorder accelerated last week, and until Western public opinion and the political class finally wakes up, things will only get worse. wsj.com/opinion/a-week…

#failureofélites

On the latest episode of the Potomac Watch podcast, Walter Russell Mead explains how Donald Trump has "destabilized a tottering world system." on.wsj.com/42vIbPo

What is the cost of an indestructible fabric that could save consumers millions? The Man in the White Suit (1951) #textiles #clothing silverscreenings.org/2025/09/19/ale…

the left has always looked longingly at totalitarianism.

Western leaders who insist that Israel’s actions are historically unprecedented and morally unjustifiable betray an ignorance of history and unseriousness of purpose, writes Walter Russell Mead on.wsj.com/4mF1HAs

unnoticed detail: france is falling apart, in the financial soup, riven by protests & violent demonstrations, and the little president is universally unpopular. otherwise everything is swell.