At the Battles of Asculum (279 BC) & Heraclea (280 BC) king Pyrrhus of Epirus suffered such appalling casualties that he would eventually be overwhelmed by the Romans he was fighting. He won the battles but lost the war. This … Continue reading
Maybe, for your own sanity, you just shouldn’t look up other people’s opinions on the internet. If you are reading this then you may have already made that mistake…. Heck, you already got THIS far so let’s stick together like birds … Continue reading
ISBN 978-0-141-1843808. “Down and Out in Paris and London” by George Orwell was first published by Gollancz in 1933. This edition by Penguin is from 1989 (this a 2001 reprint) with Introduction by Dervla Murphy and Notes on the Text … Continue reading
ISBN 978-0-141-18305-3. “Homage to Catalonia” was originally published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd in 1938. This edition by Penguin in 2000 has an introduction by Julian Symons (biographer, reviewer & military historian) and a note on the text by Peter … Continue reading
ISBN 978-0-241-96960-1. “On Anarchism” by Noam Chomsky was published by Penguin Books in 2013. Yet another collection of Chomsky’s earlier works this one with an introduction by Nathan Schneider. Chomsky is so often associated with the concept of Anarchism yet … Continue reading
ISBN 978-0-141-18529-3. “The Road to Wigan Pier” by George Orwell was first published by Victor Gollancz in 1937. This edition by Penguin in 2001 includes an introduction by Richard Hoggart (Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Contemporary … Continue reading
