Speech to the Loriners

Every day next week there is going to be a post about a court case that took place in Dundalk in 1794. The posts are a contemporary transcription of a trial for treason concluding with the verdict delivered by the jury and my verdict.

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Painting Theatre

Yesterday took the train to Chichester to go (again) to the Pallant House Gallery. I was surprised (in a good way).

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The Loriners

The purpose of writing here is to enlighten, entertain and, perhaps, infuriate. What I don’t do is to share my irrational worries. For eight months I have been mighty worried. 

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Today

The Today Programme has changed a lot in its sixty years on air. Every tweak has been met with outrage from listeners allergic to change of any sort and then been accepted as the new normal.

On Broadway

I sometimes use St James’s Park station as a cross country route to my club. Incidentally there is grim news in Clubland. The new business rates will see clubs facing rates rising by as much as 400% and my club is reluctantly phasing in higher subscriptions.

We Shall Fight Them

Paddy L-F made his name writing this sort of prose. On Friday night there was thunder and lightning and rain. On Saturday morning it was windy with dark clouds over the mountains that threatened further rain, so we drove south away from the Cretan Sea to Paleochora on the Libyan Sea, where the sun was… Continue reading We Shall Fight Them

Easter Sunday

The Elia Hotel is owned by George Digridakis whose grandfather played an important role in the Resistance after the German invasion in 1941. Today we are en fête and will celebrate Easter under his gaze.

Griffons, Goats & Grub

We have seen griffon vultures wheeling high above us. They look quite small at such an altitude but in fact have a wingspan of more than eight feet. It would be exciting to see one close-up but that seems unlikely.

War and Peace, Part I

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Soúdha must be one of the most beautifully sited in the world. It is kept perfectly. The lawns had been watered the morning we visited.