The Weather Man

Yesterday the man came out of his house because it was raining. He stood in the rain and announced the date for a General Election.It was deeply symbolic.

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Rise Up

“Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870.” (Wikipedia)

Re-Writing History

Earlier this month I wrote about leaders in war, beginning with Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt.

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Caviar for Breakfast

“Cyclopterus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpsuckers or lumpfish. Its only species is Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish. It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.” (Wikipedia)

Unfinished Books

When I was much, much younger I believed when I started a book I had an obligation to myself to finish it. This no longer applies.

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News from the ‘Hood

Morrisons bought some of McColl’s branches out of liquidation in 2022 and have rebranded them Morrisons Daily, including the Barons Court branch. I haven’t been in yet but hope there will be some Morrisons ready meals on the shelves. Not the crap McColl’s used to stock to sell to students.

Red Sparrow

Eric Ambler’s quite short spy thrillers are perfect for short-haul flights, say two hours at the airport and three hours in the air.

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V S Pritchett

Gladstone, in his lifetime at any rate, was called The Grand Old Man.

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General Kerrich

“Here Lies Buried General Walter D’Oyly Kerrich, Colonel Commandant Royal Late Madras Artillery, Eldest son of Thomas Kerrich Esquire, Died 27th January 1911.”