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Category Archive: History

Not so quiet on the Western Front

This story begins with a map which used to hang in our hallway when I was a small […]

October 1, 2013 France, History

Book Review: The Final Whistle

Sports writing – and rugby in particular – has been guilty over the years of overborrowing phrases or […]

September 24, 2013 Belgium, Book reviews, Books, Culture, Dublin, France, History, Olympics, Rugby union, Sport

The Short (and Curly) Tale of the Submariner Pig

Everyone is aware of the phrase “and pigs can fly” or its many variants to denote a general […]

September 12, 2013 History

Raising a glass of birthday brandy

As I write this, I raise a small glass of brandy and ginger and pronounce a toast to […]

May 8, 2013 History

Blowing the bridge at Gorgopotamos

On November 25, 1942, a combined operation between British special forces and the various factions of the Greek […]

November 20, 2012 Greece, History

Hence they will say that heroes fight like Greeks

I am going to make a confession. When I was a kid growing up I used to read […]

November 17, 2012 Greece, History

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