Rocking Grass

Originally published at Now Is A Long Time Too. You can comment here or there.

Might I draw your attention to Nina’s new blog, Rocking Grass? Opening with two posts about medieval food - which, I can assure you, was every bit as good as it sounds.

Return of the City-State

Originally published at Now Is A Long Time Too. You can comment here or there.

There’s a fascinating article on the BBC site which suggests that cities, becoming more and more independent from the countries that host them, could give rise to new city-states. London mayor Ken Livingstone is quoted as saying:

“Having been to Singapore and seen how successful it was I think anything short of a fully independent city state is a lost opportunity, with its own foreign and defence policies thrown in.”

I’ve always been a fan of the notion of city-states, and the concept that they might make a return is very interesting.