All night long

His suffering was into its 3rd day, with no sign of abating...

My current excuse for not achieving very much of anything. It's most impressive what you can find simply by searching for "Victorian deathbed scenes"...

Don't know much about history

Practically the only thing I agree with Boris Johnson about - the wonders that are to be found in reading "The Classics". This is about 20 pages or so before he describes the Persians' approach to taking important decisions - discuss when drunk, review conclusions when sober the next day. "Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober, is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk".

Given our current government's woeful performance on so many issues, it's got to be worth a try..? 

Could Facebook "beheading" into trouble..?

The real reason Mary, Queen of Scots, had her head chopped off..

Instagram - Tudor style

A double dose of weak, history-plundering mockery of Facebook's ridiculous multiple standards. Couldn't decide which approach to the subject I preferred, so posted both.

Please feel free to indicate which version you despise less.

Keeping The Lights On

"You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means"

"Oh Beard of Scotland..."