Incensed Professor at Sea 7: In London
The Incensed Professor at Sea 7: What to Do in London I walk. Lots. My trips to London in the past were for academic research with original documents, but their [Read More]
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Incensed Professor at sea: Church going
While I don’t fully agree with Philip Larkin’s great poem “Church Going,” it reminds me a bit why I always loved the Church of England. Of course, the main reason [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea 5: On dry land
The Queen Mary II docked at Southampton, and I took the transfer to St. Pancras which is near where I was staying in Bloomsbury. The trip was long because London traffic is [Read More]
The Incensed Professor at Sea 4: Grog and Other Rations
Aside from the Captain’s Cocktail Party, booze for most of us punters onboard ship is not free. This is a bit vexing, to say the least; I should at least have expected a [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea 3: “They that Go Down to the Sea in Ships.”
Or in the case of the Queen Mary II, “they that go down to the sea in a really big ship.” Hundreds and hundreds of us! Taking a car service from Manhattan, I could [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea 2: New York
I left my car, “Incitatus,” with a friendly cousin in Atlanta, where I took the train to New York to board the Queen Mary II. I had a roomette on the train, which had [Read More]
The Incensed Professor at Sea: La Vie en Grand Seigneur
NOTE: Across the Pond with the Incensed Professor is a summer series by the prolific professor who is currently revisiting some of his favorite locations in Great Britain. [Read More]
One must cultivate one’s person
The last Dowager Empress of China, known as Cixi, depending on which transliteration you prefer, is an unlikely person to quote approvingly. She was not a nice [Read More]
History neglected is identity lost
As a trained historian, I find the historical ignorance of this generation of students appalling and scary. If you don’t know where the human race has been or [Read More]
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