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Why Christopher Wren died thinking his life had been a failure
When Sir Christopher Wren’s servant went to rouse his master from an afternoon nap on 25 February 1723, and found that the old man would never wake again, the reputation of the nation’s greatest architect was already on the wane. He had walked away from St Paul’s in a fit of pique, with the cathedral
Source: spectator.co.uk
Rampage of the 'blackout ripper' Gordon Cummins whose crimes were forgotten in the fog the Blitz
Over six days, Gordon Cummins (pictured), a 27-year-old RAF airman, killed and mutilated four women and attempted to kill two others in London during the Blitz in World War II in 1942.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
The Paris Review - More Summer Issue Poets Recommend
We recommend The Epic of Gilgamesh, and—audaciously—Henry Miller.
Source: theparisreview.org
Trade, sanctions, gas, people: the weapons of choice in our new world war of economics and alliances
It may not be ‘war’ by its standard definition, or even a cold war, but geopolitical conflict in this century is being waged through the weaponisation of relationships and people, writes Neil Newman.
Source: scmp.com