tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post2144822946566061959..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: An Alphabet of the EmpireSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-31040868612065065422012-09-29T22:54:21.716+00:002012-09-29T22:54:21.716+00:00I should add, if I'd be born a couple of gener...I should add, if I'd be born a couple of generations earlier, I would have been up for wearing khaki shorts and a pith helmet!Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-45928341476752766092012-09-29T22:51:02.803+00:002012-09-29T22:51:02.803+00:00I have such mixed feelings about the British Empir...I have such mixed feelings about the British Empire, which is why I didn't write any text for the post. <br /><br />The hair shirt, post-colonial attitude of shame on the part of many <i>bon penseurs</i> seems as banal as the naive delight in Britain's pre-eminence a generation earlier. Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-30595606955180532602012-09-29T19:29:13.867+00:002012-09-29T19:29:13.867+00:00A lovely reminder of a simpler time. Having grown...A lovely reminder of a simpler time. Having grown up in Canada at a time when we still sang "God Save the Queen" and the flag incorporated the Union Jack, it makes me nostalgic. I know time marches on, but progress can be a mixed blessing ... <br />Thanks for sharing.Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-8500782864460380182012-09-29T11:56:50.909+00:002012-09-29T11:56:50.909+00:00No N.Ireland either that I can spot... It's co...No N.Ireland either that I can spot... It's colourful though.Annabel (gaskella)http://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-69255065824791446202012-09-29T07:12:49.519+00:002012-09-29T07:12:49.519+00:00Ah yes, the empire. We had one once, you know.Ah yes, the empire. We had one once, you know.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-15532743585643119172012-09-29T01:30:01.996+00:002012-09-29T01:30:01.996+00:00Zulus took our place.
Honestly, we don't mind...Zulus took our place.<br /><br />Honestly, we don't mind. We're nice like that.<br /><br />Dale in New ZealandDalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-40537717839031993772012-09-28T22:09:08.350+00:002012-09-28T22:09:08.350+00:00At least they weren't completely ignored, unli...At least they weren't completely ignored, unlike New Zealand.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-22758115566518600282012-09-28T17:13:46.706+00:002012-09-28T17:13:46.706+00:00The Scots and Welsh will be overjoyed to discover ...The Scots and Welsh will be overjoyed to discover themselves in there between Pitcairn Island and Tasmania.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.com