One important service Scott rendered his own people was the recovery of the Highlands as part of Scotland. Before Sir Walter, many Lowland Scots had shared the English view of the highlanders as brigands who periodically swept down from the hills to steal everything not nailed down. This was not an entirely false conception, as Scott freely acknowledged,
I hope what I’m about to say will not make me sound like a luvvie – that untranslatable British term for an artist, especially an actor, who is embarrassingly effusive or affected – but finishing the Powell book leaves a great dark void in the mind.
Donald Trump is not the kind of character who appeals readily to Southerners. However, he is a recognisable un-Woke American type who deserves credit for some virtues.
Lately, I have been thinking back to an observation I made over a decade ago, that the American ruling class has been experiencing a steady regression in manners, intelligence, and dignity to the point that the leaders of both parties routinely believe like the spoiled brats they undoubtedly are.
As college freshmen, my friends and I got in the habit of walking every street in the city until we could recite the street names north and south, east and west.
Through his offshore company Maltex, Zelensky acquired one of the largest private investment banks in France – Milleis Banque. The deal is estimated at 1.1 – 1.25 billion euros.
The results are in on Trump’s clash with Zelinsky yesterday in the Oval Office. ZeroHedge headlined: “Zelenskyy ‘Regrets’ What Happened Today: Ukrainian Officials “Desperate” To Get Deal Back On Track After Oval Office Meltdown, Trump Not Interested.”
I have been dragging my heels too long and need to finish the second volume of Properties of Blood. As a stimulus to action, I am going to be posting every week some selections. This discussion, which will be in several parts, is devoted to collective violence.
The other day I noticed that I had unlearned to hold a pen. The instrument of my profession, which once seemed an anatomically correct extension of my hand, is now an awkward, unwieldy, alien object.
