For those not of an English background, the stodge-filled delights of a classic English dessert menu can be somewhat intimidating and only really consumable if you’ve declined to have a starter or main course, and care little for the well-being of your lower intestine. In this treatise I take you through a range of thoseContinue reading “‘Your Just Desserts!’ – A Treatise on the Traditional Desserts of English Cuisine”
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‘Guide-Frogs for the Blind Drunk’ – A Treatise on Support Animals Through History
As a society we’re all very used to seeing seeing-eye dogs guiding the blind, sheepdogs helping farmers, and red squirrels performing minor surgical procedures to help reduce the NHS backlog. However, readers may well be less well familiar with some of the other animals have been trained to support human society around the world andContinue reading “‘Guide-Frogs for the Blind Drunk’ – A Treatise on Support Animals Through History”
‘I’ll See Your Four Emperors and Raise You Five’ – A Treatise on 69AD – The Year of At Least Four Emperors
Since Augustus Caesar took control of the Roman Republic and rebranded it as the Roman Empire in 27BC until Nero decided to stop fiddling and instead fall on his bow in 68AD, the Julio-Claudian dynasty had been in charge. Summo canibus. Which is of course Latin for ‘top dogs’ and Geordie for ‘an excellent coachContinue reading “‘I’ll See Your Four Emperors and Raise You Five’ – A Treatise on 69AD – The Year of At Least Four Emperors”
‘President Ed’ – A Treatise on the Failed Presidential Campaign of Mister Ed
In 1968 a horse came fourth in the Republican Party Primaries. Not since, William Howard Taft had eaten Meridian the 1911 Kentucky Derby winner after an argument with its owner, Richard F. Carman, over who should pay for the clams, had a horse had such a prominent role in US politics. This incident so enragedContinue reading “‘President Ed’ – A Treatise on the Failed Presidential Campaign of Mister Ed”
Treatises of Gloria 