How the Arabic names for stars came to be used by us.

Commemoration season starting early.

A strong claim!

Health Underwear For Men!

"tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country"

Justice in Florida, 1950.

Sauce for the gander.

Really.

Fascinating and a bit sad.

@RozKaveney nails it.

100 reasons why The 17th Earl of Oxford did not write Shakespeare's plays.

GRRM locations in Norn Iron!

@feorag looks at words for "beer".

The Ender's Game debate.

Excellent video from @washingtonpost.

Human rights in the European neighbourhood.

Pakistani police stopped Osama Bin Laden for speeding - but let him go.

A desperate voice of sanity

Geopolitics and cyberspace.

Fascinating geology (counterfactual).

Wonderful geology (real).

#somethinginmyeye

EU Commissioners (with one notable exception) welcome Croatia to the EU in their own languages.

@CEPS_thinktank in rapid response mode!

Andrew Hickey on Paul Cornell's 'Love and War'.

John Holbo on H.G. Wells' 'Things to Come'.

Roger Mac Ginty examines the use (or not) of the 't' word.

The villa that was lost for over a century....

Detailed human rights breaches in Westerm Sahara. Will @eu_eeas or @StefanFuleEU say anything?