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John 8.7

I hope Louis de Bernières remembers what he wrote in 1994.

As the Glastonbury Festival closes it’s worth reflecting on its history. Not the festival – the abbey.

“If you buy one more book this year, do make it To War with Whitaker” wrote Dirk Bogarde in The Daily Telegraph in 1994. His advice holds true today.

One of the four physicians hoping to carve up Anne Greene was Ralph Bathurst, a man of many parts.

In 1650, at Oxford Castle, Anne Greene was hanged for infanticide.

If conversation falters you might ask “when was the first Birthday Parade”?

I’m re-reading Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, published in 1954.

The genealogy of the Royal Family in the last 150 years should be a set question for applicants to the College of Arms.

Four days of Platinum Jubilee celebrations and on day five an attempt to chuck out the Prime Minister.

I felt emotional watching the TV coverage of the Thanksgiving Service at St Paul’s on Friday.