I was reading a favourite blog the other day that is, quite frankly, much better than mine on the subject of what Americans think of the English. The writer is a Brit who lives in New York and has experienced something I have always found odd too; the...

The premier league has hit the one quarter mark and Tottenham are about to face the dreaded rivals from up the road, so it seems as good a time as any to look at where Spurs are and where they are likely to go. What a difference a year makes. At this...

Last post, I mused upon the origin of the The Blue Bombers name. That leads me to the origin of Spurs’ moniker. Tottenham Hotspur’s name is a convoluted one. During the 15th century, the Duke of Northumberland owned considerable land in the...

Shameful plug and rambling post alert. First the plug. I have been working for the last year with my animator friend on three documentaries on aspects of Winnipeg History or more specifically buildings in Winnipeg that have been lost to the wrecker’s...

So, further to my earlier post about historical revisionism and lily-livered political correctness and this whole not offending anyone crap. Cue grumpy rant. In this morning’s Ottawa Citizen this story appears. Apparently, the leader of the Communist...