How London Emerged as the West’s First Global Capital
The sweeping title of the book promises much. Its author delivers both a bit more and a bit less.
Posts by Derek Hirst
A Tale of Henry VIII’s Other Thomas
One of the great achievements of this book is to show England being taken down a road not of its formidable ruler’s choosing.
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The Current Issue
The word “stories” was used often at the annual NABIP Capitol Conference, held in the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, February 25-28, 2024. I went because I have my own stories of frustration with health care, and because I am interested when someone seems ready to try to make things better in the largely incomprehensible and vaguely menacing system we all rely on.
