Musings on history, life, literature, movies, art and merriment by Gareth Russell, author of "Popular"
An extract from my history of the British monarchy
18 May 2013
As some regular readers of the blog may now, I am currently working on a history of the British monarchy, which will be published later this year. It's currently going well and I am...
The weakness of Tsar Nicholas II
22 April 2013
Ask any schoolchild or anyone with a passing knowledge of history to come up with one adjective they associate with Russia's last emperor and the majority of them will produce the...
Meryl Streep's statement on the death of Lady Thatcher
18 April 2013
Actress Meryl Streep, who won the Academy Award for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in the motion picture The Iron Lady (above), has issued a very moving and fair statement on...