Irish Endurance

An interesting if arcane topic that may be of interest. I must declare an interest: I am a trustee of this charity founded in 1783. Tickets can be bought at the Society’s website. On the Fourth of July, 1806We set sail from the sweet cove of CorkWe were sailing away with a cargo of bricksFor… Continue reading Irish Endurance

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.

No Cigar for Monte Cristo

I didn’t know Charles Dickens and Alexandre Dumas both died in 1870, nor did I fully appreciate that some of their best known novels were published as serials.

Facing up to Father

A recent post about Marble Hill led to a reader (RDN) commenting about the Marble Hill imprint. I bought an MH book on instinct.

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Tick the Box

This ballot box was used in a ministerial by-election in Pontefract in 1872.

Otter Things

There may be a few otters depicted in churches but they are usually relatively modern; like this window in Newcastle Cathedral. It references a legend that St Cuthbert prayed standing up to his neck in the North Sea at night and in the morning was warmed up on the shore by otters.