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By Ryan Fleming. Outside the Midtown brownstone, the assembled press of New York City was aflutter with excitement that the reports of a strange new world coming from the Pacific were being investigated by the legendary Renaissance Man. Inside the brownstone, on the other hand, Charles Chance, a name he had adopted long before the moniker of the Renaissance Man, was slumped against the heavy door that marked the demarcation point for that persona. Outside the brownstone, Char

By Gary Oswald. The Normans sail their army into England, as seen in the Bayeux Tapestry; picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. If there is one thing that has defined the geopolitical situation of the British Isles over the last 500 years, it is the fact that they have a moat. The nature of British warfare has been that it happens in other people’s lands because foreign armies do not get past the Royal Navy. The British have many times been defeated on the continent, by Nazi Ge

By Charles E.P. Murphy Andy Burnham defeats his political challengers in the Makerfield by-election of 18th June 2026. Cropped from Sky News live coverage, in low quality to illustrate article. As of writing, Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, has returned to the House of Commons by winning a by-election — and everyone knows he’s planning to challenge Keir Starmer for leadership of Labour and thus the job of Prime Minister. By the time you’re reading this, the challenge h

By Ryan Fleming. Harry Bell did not care for the night watch. There were precious few jobs he did care for aboard the Brunswick, but the night watch was an especially frustrating one. He was stuck on deck for the entire night, and that far out at sea on that dark a night he was staring into an unending darkness for the full watch. There was only the muffled sound of the engines to keep him company. Very few crewmembers moved about deck at night, and those that did would much