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Better Bonkers

Hello, welcome back to Blog Bellew after the intermission. Normal service will be resumed soon. It has not been a good time for the author; two bad falls, both times knocked out and waking up in pools of blood. After the second fall I went to hospital for a brain scan, etc. So brain bruised… Continue reading Better Bonkers

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High Endeavours

About thirty yers ago I was shooting in Hampshire and met Miles Clark. Having established that we were both brought up in Ireland, albeit on different sides of the border, he told me rather diffidently about his passion for sailing and only later I discovered he had written High Endeavours. Miles Smeeton was his godfather… Continue reading High Endeavours

The Best of Irish

In truth this is no longer “new”; it was published in 1986.

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Death’s Sting

Some hymns repay reading aloud, in full, with time to reflect. Henry Francis Lyte wrote this as he was dying of tuberculosis in 1847.

The Elphi

I went to visit sugar and oil traders in Hamburg a few times over the years, unfortunately before the Elphi opened in 2017.

Cavafy and Hockney

Hockney was in his early twenties when he made a series of paintings and etchings inspired by CP Cavafy’s poetry.

Ithaka

“A service of thanksgiving for the life of King Constantine of the Hellenes was held on Tuesday February 27, 2024, at 11am in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.” (The Times)

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