Thank you for reading this blog. Whether you're an old ally reading with interest, someone who has accidentally stumbled upon this whilst seeking electronic resources to plagiarise for your A level coursework or have merely come to sneer. (I sometimes sneer at people so can only assume that my uncharitable nature may be visited upon me in the fulness of time.) Many years ago I saw a broadsheet cartoon satirising the notion of blogging. It was undeniably damning. A bespectacled internet lurker sat at his computer furiously punching away on his keyboard in some potentially lethal, caffeine-fuelled outburst of electronic ecstasy. Smeared across the monitor was simply written 'ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!!!'. It was a brilliant lampoon and had an accurate point to make. Much of what is written on the internet is preposterously self-obsessed. I am confident millions people around the globe enjoy reading bourgeois, loafing, false social-prophets pontificating about how cold their latte was after pilates on Tuesday evening. I'm not one of those people, unfortunately. Although I bear them little ill will. Thus, with a hefty dose of self awareness and piety, that is what this blog will not be. This blog is not going to be about me but about other people. Interesting people, evil people, good people, brave people, cowardly people, unremarkable people, Welsh people. People who, for better or for worse, made the world interesting. Every week I shall pen a short piece on the bizarre, twisted, obscure, compelling, and neglected areas of history. The sole purpose of this endeavour is to make your day that little bit more interesting. Please enjoy it as such.
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