Has anybody done a top notch movie on the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine? Now she lived a life. And outlived her sons.

He was a great king! Provided your criteria are: being here less than a year, not learning the language, vastly preferring France, vastly preferring the Holy Land, getting kidnapped like a schmuck, costing your kingdom a fortune, and dying in a pointless French siege.

And yet his brother was worse.

The Robin Hood series of the 80s directly exploits this origins shift, as I recall. Season 1, sexy Saxon peasant outlaw; season 2, blander blonder noble.

Stephen. Were you, once, empirically, ever, cool? (Let's gloss over the *Arsenal supporter* bit for now)

Class up the joint, and quote Boromir!

You sound vaguely disappointed. I imagine your wife (if you have one) is less conflicted about the subject...

Get them into Call of Cthulhu and see what they do with the insanity rules!

I'm researching recent advances in maglev technology for an outlook article. It's actually quite interesting!

I think this isn't as cleancut as that. Typical China (and now HK) reaction to a disaster is to quickly arrest a set of mid ranking people and scapegoat them. It's the appearance of accountability. Both are poor reactions.

The bet between Warren Bufffet and hedge fund manager Ted Seides should be required teaching at school, IMO. He won despite starting it just before the global financial crisis, FFS!

That ain't...working.

I won't have that. The guitar solo opening to 'Money for Nothing' is absolutely classic!

*Somebody* likes imagining they're a French renaissance king...

Nice conservatory, at least.

'A well situated property with plenty of shade and privacy, a colourful history, and enormous upgrade potential. Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!'

What I don't think many MAGA people get is that this stuff sticks. You don't casually disparage your friends and allies, accuse them of cheating, bully them, then expect them to just absorb it all and not recalibrate their policies.

The short-termist navel-gazing of such arrogance is remarkable.

Godwinson, a recent convert to Bolshevism from his former Trotskyite beliefs, had only just fended off Harald Hadrada, aka 'The Mensheviking'.

This was one of the best articles I've read this year. The visual and interactive imagery were great too. Fantastic job!

Emotional connections and making yourself learned and thoughtful is, like, so boooring.

Next up: AI-outsourced passive-aggressive conversations from relationships based on a false foundation. Can't wait to see what metaphors and idioms the bots regurgitate!