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“Fat buffoon, in power at last, do we deserve this tragic farce?“

When my Jameson grandmother was in hospital in Dublin in the early 1970s she was in a public ward and found the food excellent.

I am across the river with two broads on a sunny afternoon – in fact, it is forever sunny when I am with these particular dolls.

It surprises me how ignorant I am about the 20th century history of the country where I was born and bred.

On the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Sermon delivered by Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, Provost of Eton College College Chapel – 11 September 2022 Lord , now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.

I never met Queen Elizabeth II but I know many who have and a handful may read this.

“It’s Saturday, It’s Lemons Day” was a sponsored programme on Radio Eirann when I was a child. I think it promoted sherbet lemons, a nourishing boiled sweet.

I plucked this slim vol of shorters to read on a train because it fitted into a pocket of my top coat.

Only one chick hatched this year (again) and is thriving; just twelve days old and growing like Topsy.