Latest comments
Henry Royce and the Rolls-Royce Limousine
No, they seem to be a bit of a rarity now!
KathleenDuffy, on 12/22/2013
Henry Royce and the Rolls-Royce Limousine
I haven't seen a Rolls Royce in a long time. There aren't many where I live, but many where I used to live.
ologsinquito, on 12/22/2013
Duchenne's Electrifying Smile Experiments
Those 20 percent are probably politicians. I agree, fake smiles are freaky.
AbbyFitz, on 12/22/2013
Weird but Delicious Gluten Free Alternatives to Spaghetti You'll Love
My favorite sauce to put with zucchini noodles is Alfredo. It's really good
AbbyFitz, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
As a historian you might be interested to know that even today some elderly Irish tend to call an occurrence of blight, however small, a famine. My ninety three year old mother in law, who comes from County Mayo and was the daughter of a ...
frankbeswick, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
The Brontes weren't even Anglo-Irish. Their mother was Cornish. Kerno-Irish? Downright Celtic anyway!
There's an argument to be made that there's some Welsh blood in there too. You know how Heathcliff was found on a Liverpool dock, unable ...
JoHarrington, on 12/22/2013
Henry Royce and the Rolls-Royce Limousine
Your glamorous hats deserve a Rolls Royce - nothing else is classy enough! :)
KathleenDuffy, on 12/22/2013
Charles Rolls and the Rolls-Royce Limousine
Thank you Abby!
KathleenDuffy, on 12/22/2013
Weird but Delicious Gluten Free Alternatives to Spaghetti You'll Love
I love zucchini but haven't tried it as noodles. Sounds good. And yes, spaghetti squash is amazing - cooks into spaghetti!
jptanabe, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
Now the fact about Bronte is interesting, and I knew it not. We can now add the Brontes to the list of Anglo-Irish writers. There have been so many able writers from this group.
I was not aware that there was anti-Irish feeling in parts of ...
frankbeswick, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
Bizarrely, I've read some reports where the Welsh - in the west and south - could be anti-Irish too. This was only where jobs were scarce and the Welsh themselves besieged by the sort of mentality that you highlighted in your comment. It was ...
JoHarrington, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
The blight certainly hit the Scottish Isles after it arrived in Ireland and then it reached the mainland.
Animosity to the Irish in Britain tends to be a very middle and upper class phenomenon. Many working class people tended to have less ill ...
frankbeswick, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
Frank - I've gone on about the arguments for and against calling it a genocide in another article. It's linked at the top of the right-hand scrollbar. So I won't repeat them here, if that's alright?
As for general xenophobia versus rich ...
JoHarrington, on 12/22/2013
The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine
Frank - You can add to this the practice of splitting all holdings equally between all children. In Britain, it tended to be the eldest son who got everything. In Ireland, everyone got their share. You can imagine how quickly even a large ...
JoHarrington, on 12/22/2013
Baby Proofing Home Checklist - Stair Gates, Baby Fence, Cabinet Locks And More
I loved reading your post all the more because my baby is just 7 months old and now he has started crawling, thus i have to be always careful so that he doesnt hurt himself with the room furniture etc. Your tips are quite informative and worth ...
younghopes, on 12/22/2013