Civilized democracies and the wise words of Gandalf
by Dr Mark Nicholson In February 1938, the Chicago-born British politician, Chips Channon, wrote in his unredacted and unbowdlerised...
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To A Coy Boardroom*
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Did Sherlock Holmes really exist?
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