A Mughal throne in
Pondoland?
Many years ago, I wrote about the peacock throne and touched
upon this very topic at the tail end of that article. The story has not died
despite the musicologist, historian and Grosvenor investigator Percevial
Kirby’s empathic statement that the ship never really cont…
The Peacock Throne and the Grosvenor
A Mughal throne in
Pondoland?
Many years ago, I wrote about the peacock throne and touched
upon this very topic at the tail end of that article. The story has not died
despite the musicologist, historian and Grosvenor investigator Percevial
Kirby’s empathic statement that the ship never really cont…
Perhaps Dr. Christian Barnard’s blazing trail with his work
on open heart surgery during the late 60’s eclipsed the valuable contributions
of another, the Captain Thomas William Barnard, O.B.E., F.H.A., F.R.P.S.,
M.S.R. who refined X-Ray techniques some three decades earlier, during his
tenure at …
