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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

  God rest ye merry gentlemenLet nothing you dismayRemember Christ our SaviourWas born on Christmas DayTo save us all from Satan’s powerWhen we were gone astrayOh tidings of comfort and joyComfort and joyOh tidings of comfort and joy.

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The World was my Oyster

The W was my O in the summer of 1976 when they were out of season and what I wanted was a job, not a mollusc.

A Place in the Rain

”Baroness Caterina de Renzis and her late husband, Baron Alessandro de Renzis Sonnino, first saw Castello Sonnino … in 1988. The estate with its 16th century villa had just been left to Alessandro by a childless uncle; in its 500 years of existence, it had been variously inhabited by Frescobaldis, Machiavellis and Strozzis, as well… Continue reading A Place in the Rain

Dry Up

At this time of year there used to be John Julius Norwich’s Christmas Cracker to anticipate.

The Way We Were

I hope Mary Kenny will not mind if I mention that she is ten years older than me within a day. 

Keep Talking

When I saw Into the Woods in Bath recently I never had a glimmering I’d go into them.