The way Africa looked on maps has never had any bearing on my or probably anyone's thinking of how important the country is in global politics or economics.
Africa isn't a country though, it's a continent with dozens of independent, distinct and diverse countries in it.
And one possible impact of the continent being represented much smaller than it really is, is people thinking of Africa as a single country.
I would say because a lot of mythology comes from the oral tradition of storytelling, passed from person to person and age to age via spoken word and memory.
There's actually a SUPERB podcast about Greek mythology, called Podyssey. It's tremendously interesting, and the host, Alex Andreou, just did a 3 part epic on Aesop, both the person (or rather the 'person') and the Fables.
Well worth a listen, either just that one, or the whole show tbh.
one can argue all day about whether it's appropriate to have a monarchy in the modern day
That was my main point, I wasn't really talking about how expensive or otherwise they are (although admittedly it came from a misunderstanding of QE).
I'm from the UK, and it absolutely sickens me that we still have a monarchy, any monarchy (let alone this particular one). I'm opposed to monarchy in principle, and would be even if the specifics of our monarchy weren't so repulsive.
Appreciate the detailed post, but the cost argument is just window-dressing for me. It's the core concept I reject. Hopefully we can get shot of them one day.
It's the scene when he's sitting pondering on Dan Ackroyd's character's evening with the virgin Connie Swail. The physical acting with the cocktail stick is hilarious 😁
Never flew in a Concorde, but I've been inside a grounded one, at the Museum of Flight near Edinburgh. Not sure if they still have it or not, this was some years ago.
It's so small inside! I mean, I'm a tall guy, but even allowing for that, it was horribly cramped and generally not very nice inside. IIRC it had a brown and cream colour palette, and not in a tasteful way.
Is any of that because what would have been half their worth 15 years ago is now less than half of what it would be?
Like, if someone had 100 billion in 2010, and did give away 50 billion in that time, but also made a further 20 billion in that time, did they give away half their worth or not?
I've not read the article, so maybe that question is answered in there.
