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Or don’t. Unless, of course, you happen to be Julius Caesar in 44 BC, in which case—yeah, definitely beware. The Ides of March, or March

Every journey has a beginning, a middle, and an end. On land, it’s usually simple enough—we know where we set off from, where we want

On 21 October 1805, the guns roared across the Atlantic swells off Cape Trafalgar. The sea boiled with smoke and flame, the air split by

The war has dragged on so long now that I can no longer recall the sound of peace. Every tide carries whispers of battle —

When the clock strikes midnight on 31 December in Scotland, the moment is marked by far more than a simple change of date. Hogmanay—the Scottish