(gripping historical fiction about a telephone operator back from the frontlines of WW1, though heads up about an attempted sexual assault); Jas Hammonds’ Thirsty (a “cautionary tale”—my daughter’s words—about a girl who descends into alcoholism after rushing a sorority); and two edgy,...
This article briefly summarizes the place of guns in British society and culture in the long eighteenth century. My approach is that of a historical anthropologist, examining the meaning of guns from the way they were used and depicted. I examine the way
To assault with military force Pounded the bunker with mortars. Quid The basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence Pound To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush Pound corn into meal. Quid Something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in ...
Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; Pound the roots with a heavy flat stone Common Curiosities What symbol is used for the pound? The symbol used for the pound is £. 10 How did the value of a guinea compare to a pound? A guinea was valued slightly more than a po...
Beating of course normally conveys the idea of a fairly serious physical assault by one person on another, usually having nothing to do with corporal punishment. However, in the context of UK schools, especially in the semi-private language of "public" (i.e. private) schools, it was ...
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Once Coventry Climax developed the 2.75-litre ‘Indy’ FPF for Cooper’s 1961 assault on the Indy 500 that engine became the power unit de jour in Australasian events. The FPFs fitted to the P99 were 2.5-litre units so Hill and Ireland were starting behind the eight-ball compared with ...
“We got there midmorning [the next day] and the first thing we said is: these boys are not beating us. We’ll be open in a week,” says Gallagher. “The staff looked at me and said ‘how will we do that?’. I said I don’t know, but we will.” He...
We must have a debate abut the UK and the rest of Europe urgently. Ed Davey is right to call for us to rejoin the Customs Union as a first step back in to the wider European family. When even the new Tory Leader, Kemi Badenoch, recognises that Brexit was badly handled surely there ...
When asked by Mr Hannity about the pardons for those jailed for assault, the president said: “They were very minor incidents, and it was time.” Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:48 ‘Most of Capitol rioters were innocent’ ...