Queen Elizabeth II

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

A King Penguin

If you associate heraldry with pomposity, snobbery, self aggrandisement and vanity this glorious cover should make you think again.

Numquam Censuit Boris

You don’t have to be Mary Beard to know this means “I never voted for Boris”. Latin is a neat language – concise.

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Categorised as Politics

Bel Canto in Bergamo

“The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled core, known as Città Alta (“Upper Town”), nestled within a system of hills, and the modern expansion in the plains below. The upper town is encircled by massive Venetian defensive systems that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 9 July 2017.” (Wikipedia)

Dissolution

  Type into Google “dissolution of the” and there are two choices: monasteries and Soviet Union.

The Shardlake Saga

I’d not heard of the Shardlake saga until a friend gave me the first five in the series.

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Categorised as Literature