Andrew Cusack
@cusackandrew
Anglo-Gaullist. Writer, school governor, charity trustee, volunteer w/ @orderofmaltaGB | Southwark. Formerly of New York, Buenos Aires, Fife, the Western Cape.
“What is civilisation? I don’t know. I can’t define it in abstract terms, yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it. And I’m looking at it now.” — Kenneth Clark
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Say a prayer for the repose of the soul of Ozzy Osbourne
I've never understood how progressives can be proud of appealing to teenagers. We all know that young people are idiots. I probably shouldn't have had the vote until I was 25. You should be embarrassed if your ideas are especially popular among students.
We need more pizza-by-the-pond evenings
In the kingdom of pizza…
catholics don’t play when it comes to space
This morning, on the anniversary of the 1969 Moon landing, after reciting the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV visited the telescopes and instrumentation in the domes of the Specola Vaticana, the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo. @SpecolaVaticana @HolySeePress (📸 Vatican Media)
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This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.
“HMS Warspite” is one of the most bad-ass ship names ever.
HMS Valiant seen from HMS Warspite as the two famous Battleships led the surrendering Italian fleet to Malta (1943)
Today, Cardinal Pizzaballa spent a great time with Palestinian Christian children in Gaza.
don’t be sad, pig shaped pottery from 6,000 years ago
🇫🇷 19 juillet 1962, le Général de Gaulle écrit à Pierre Messmer, Ministre des Armées, cette lettre mémorable : « Mon cher Ministre, J’ai constaté, notamment dans le domaine militaire, un emploi excessif de la terminologie anglo-saxonne. Je vous serais obligé de donner des…