18th century… Sir Robin William V. Harcourt Hood, M. P. 15 Aug 201815 Aug 2018 By Stephen Basdeo Whenever a politician proposes raising a new tax or cutting a public service, a newspaper columnist will often respond that the proposed changes are ‘Reverse Robin Hood’.…
18th century… Victor Hugo’s “The Last Day of a Condemned Man” (1829) 7 Jul 2017 Last week Google celebrated the life of Victor Hugo (1802-85) with some quirky illustrations on its masthead, so I thought I would do the same by writing a post on…
