Britain – Globalistan http://globalistan.org Wed, 19 May 2010 10:02:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.17 Of an Englishman True http://globalistan.org/of-an-englishman-true/ http://globalistan.org/of-an-englishman-true/#respond Wed, 19 May 2010 10:02:06 +0000 http://www.globalistan.org/?p=553 Brilliant alphabet book from the days of Brittania.  Printed in Holland in 1899. Available here via (the ever entertaining) Chapati Mystery But then there’s this: And you wonder if Mrs. Ernest Ames is being tongue and cheek…

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]]> http://globalistan.org/of-an-englishman-true/feed/ 0 Freddy ‘Mustapha’ Mercury http://globalistan.org/freddy-mustapha-mercury/ http://globalistan.org/freddy-mustapha-mercury/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:06:35 +0000 http://www.globalistan.org/?p=178 Check out Queen’s brilliant, hysterical song  ‘Mustapha’. I could not be sure, but Freddie Mercury is singing in Arabic, Persian and English, mashing names of prophets with ‘As-salam-alalikum’. The song is part of the Queen’s 1978 album Jazz, and they performed it live regularly. In live performances, Mercury would often sing the opening vocals of […]

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