Defiant gran's desperate battle to stop her home from falling into sea - after previous agony
Bryony Nierop-Reading says she has seen coastal erosion destroy homes and land in Happisburgh, Norfolk, and nearby areas in ...
A lesson from King Canute for the EV transition: You can’t force hype
King Canute of course had more sense than to believe he could hold back the tide. He did it to show his courtiers the limits ...
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INFLATION: The Tide
Reconversion Director John Snyder, a banker-minded man not given to flowery talk, leaned back ... King Canute (995-1035) who, to rebuke the flattery of his courtiers, showed them that the ...
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King tides are back and what they’re telling us
MONTEREY >> King tides return this weekend and with them ... In the long run, Griggs firmly believes there is nothing we can do to hold back the ocean. “There isn’t a seawall big enough ...
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Why Trump is just the latest in a line of ‘foolish rulers’ down the ages
A theme that recurs in folk tales is the foolish ruler, the king who becomes so besotted with his status and power that he thinks he can do anything he wants.