Irish Church Monuments

You may recall Homan Potterton’s first novel, Knockfane, published last year. This is his first book, published in 1975 when he was a young Assistant Keeper at the National Gallery in London.

A Mystery is Solved

Nero Wolfe solves cases from his brownstone on the south side of West 35th Street in Manhattan. I have got my own Nero Wolfe who solves problems from her home in Queensland, Australia. Brenda is related to me on the Hill side of the family through her husband and she is a a wizard at… Continue reading A Mystery is Solved

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Uncle George Remembers IX

“It was not long after this episode (being knighted by George VI) that my wife and I became aware that we lacked just one thing to make our lives complete – a dog, a faithful hound.

Present Laughter

“What is love? ’tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What’s to come is still unsure:” (Twelfth Night)

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Reuben College

In the last century tube strikes were not infrequent. One morning in the 1980s a colleague was at the end of a long queue at a bus stop in north London. An expensive car pulled over and the driver offered her a lift if she was going to the City.

Exterminate

It’s well known that coronavirus manifested itself in London in the 1960s. The first case was seen in Hammersmith but it quickly spread through the capital.

The Falcon Has Flown

Jack, the peregrine falcon chick, took the plunge at 5.00 am on Monday morning. He jumped but an ornithologist would say he fledged.

Jumping Jack

The willow threatened with felling is flourishing as is the peregrine falcon chick, forty-three days old yesterday.

Famine

Van Gogh’s peasants, he painted them in 1885, are startlingly unattractive. His subjects were inspired by The Blessing before Supper by Charles de Groux; a more comely assemblage.