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Advent Calendar: 21st December

21st December 1664 “Up, and after evening reckonings to this day with Mr. Bridges, the linnen draper, for callicos, I out to Doctors’ Commons, where by agreement my cozen Roger and I did meet my cozen Dr. Tom Pepys, and there a great many and some high words on both sides, but I must confess… Continue reading Advent Calendar: 21st December

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Peers on Parade

There was an article in The Spectator a while back about where Peers keep their robes. A God Daughter’s father keeps his on the back of the bathroom door hoping the steam will kill the moths.

Flanders Fields

Remembrance Day has assumed a more important place nationally and locally than ever.