Month: September 2020

Messing About on the River

Taking a traghetto in Venice is practical and cheap; only 2 Euros a ride. Locals take them, standing insouciantly amidships reading the Corriere della Sera and juggling with a caffè corretto.

Corrections and Clarifications

It has been pointed out that the caption to this picture is inaccurate. As the picture was published in The Daily Mail it comes as no surprise. Hugo Sire should be Sir Hugo Swire (two mistakes, a double fault), Margaret Thatcher should be Lady Thatcher and Lady Miloska Nott should be Lady Nott. Only the fragrant… Continue reading Corrections and Clarifications

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Categorised as Politics

A Yankee at the Court of Queen Elizabeth

You may be aware there will be an election in the United States in November. It’s a mugs‘ game predicting elections, except in Belarus. But Ned York, who forecast an H Clinton win four years ago and was sent to the dog house, has a thoughtful take on this year’s tussle.

A Share to Hold

It’s almost five years since Indonesian palm oil producer, MP Evans, fought off a hostile bid.

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An Avid Collector

If you looked in my wallet thirty years ago you would have found lists. PG Wodehouses and Pevsners, Lloyd’s syndicates and books by other authors – perhaps Dornford Yates and Leslie Charteris – a compulsion inherited from Uncle George.

St James’s Square

Garden squares in London are sometimes called London’s best kept hidden secrets, not without good reason. Some gardens are private, only accessible to key holders living around the square.

Rebel

In a week Bertie will have his eighteenth birthday, in months. It’s hard to choose presents for humans let alone a beagle but I hope he will be pleased with my gift.

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Categorised as Family, Local

Our Man in New York

While I read about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt I am getting another perspective in Henry Hemming’s Our Man in New York.