Thomas Jones
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I work @lrb.co.uk, most of my opinions are other people’s
Or maybe he was right and this is just kicking the corpse.
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Or maybe he was right and this is just kicking the corpse.
And not low on fuel until already over the 'jungles of India'. Hyperrealism!
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
And not low on fuel until already over the 'jungles of India'. Hyperrealism!
He learns to talk to elephants with a hand-made flute and uses a tubby man's tummy as a trampoline to clear a fifteen-foot wall. Also defeats a tiger with his bare hands in a palanquin. Good times!
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
He learns to talk to elephants with a hand-made flute and uses a tubby man's tummy as a trampoline to clear a fifteen-foot wall. Also defeats a tiger with his bare hands in a palanquin. Good times!
The book is very sketchy on everything iirc
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The book is very sketchy on everything iirc
Which facts? Withdrawing HMS Endurance? Sinking the Belgrano? 264 British veterans of the conflict taking their own lives? The war was a bad thing (wars are bad) and Thatcher’s government bears some of the blame. Which isn’t to justify the Argentine generals, who were orders of magnitude worse.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Which facts? Withdrawing HMS Endurance? Sinking the Belgrano? 264 British veterans of the conflict taking their own lives? The war was a bad thing (wars are bad) and Thatcher’s government bears some of the blame. Which isn’t to justify the Argentine generals, who were orders of magnitude worse.
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The fuss about the (temporary) environmental impact of trenching one offshore wind cable through the area has been considerably greater than that (if any) about losing the whole thing.
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The fuss about the (temporary) environmental impact of trenching one offshore wind cable through the area has been considerably greater than that (if any) about losing the whole thing.