Pizzey's Perch

In 1801, British Admi­ral Lord Nel­son bold­ly put a tele­scope to his blind eye to ignore an order. It spawned the phrase ”turn­ing a blind eye”, and result­ed in an epic vic­to­ry. Today, what’s also known as “a Nel­son eye“ is a craven act, regen­er­at­ing epic disasters.… Read the rest