Started re-visiting Paul Johnson's 'History of the American People'. What a great author he is. Lucid, imaginative in the sense of holding your interest while not sacrificing accuracy, powerful.

That reminds me, I really must write to him in his home in London, England, and ask if he knows where I might be able to get hold of a copy of his 'History of the English Speaking People'. I can't find it anywhere. I've tried all sorts of online searches and have spoken to a couple of companies that find books for you - all to no avail.

Another wonderful book is Sir Kenneth Clark' 'Civilisation'. I remember when I first saw his television series - it must have been back in the early 70's. Actually, this book is composed of the scripts from that series.

How so much more substantial and untainted this book is from the
vast majority of historical/artistic books prevalent since those days. It's gotten to the point that I check the date on books of this nature before I start to browse them. I do this as part of my vetting process. Political correctness has now been in the vernacular since the latter part of the 90's but, in actual fact, the practice has been taking place for at least a couple of decades. What a malignant an vile thing it is.

I'll be expanding on this at some other time.