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January 13, 2017

The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon

by Rudyard Kipling It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

September 22, 2018

Bryce's "The Holy Roman Empire" (Part 15)

Art·Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism·Politics·Religion

Who Will Write Our History?

January 7, 2021

They say that history is written by the victors, but our history is being rewritten by people who have neither won nor built anything. How can we be sure that the history,

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Christmas Miscellaney

December 30, 2020

Editor’s Note: Head over to The Last Redoubt and get caught up on all the great content there. It’s been quiet over the holidays, yet not. If anything, one of the problems

Art·Culture·Literature

Dec. 20th, 2012

December 26, 2020

Editor’s Note: Ian is offering up The Bilge Pump of a Turgid Mind, his first book of poetry, for free on Amazon. This offer is good until December 29, 2020. You can

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Influential Works: Christmas 2020

December 24, 2020

Editor’s Note: Ian posted this at his own site. You can leave comments for him here or there. My dear ol’ dad posted a Facebook post about the dearth of Latin Christmas

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On Higher Powers

December 23, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is first in a series of reviews of Tim Powers’ writing. We will run the others soon, as well. Men of the West are readers. The Last Redoubt does

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Insensitivity Readers Sought

December 7, 2020

Editor’s Note: Our good friend, Moira Greyland shared some thoughts with us and suggested that we pass them along to our readers. We agreed, and offer up her ideas. Take them and

Culture·Literature·Philosophy

“On the Simplicity of Words” by Hilaire Belloc

November 21, 2020

"And out of the right acceptation of words there grows a sacred and a further explanation of their meaning: they illumine not only what we are but what we might be..."