Gems

You will be familiar with the long term penetration of the British security services by Soviet agents; Maclean, Burgess, Philby, Blunt etc.

Alert for Vexillophiles

“College of Arms flag-flying news 2024 UEFA European Football Championship: On Sunday 14 July 2024, Departments of His Majesty’s Government are encouraged to fly an England flag – the Cross of St George – to celebrate the England Men’s Football Team reaching the final of Euro 2024, in addition to the Union flag. Where both flags… Continue reading Alert for Vexillophiles

the last footman

Often I stumble on books through reading an obituary. That’s why I bought the last footman.

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Tree of Hell

Sometimes I pen a letter to a newspaper, usually The Times or The Financial Times.

Lumley Chapel

There is an abundance of magnificent funerary monuments in England. Yesterday I went to Cheam and saw some corkers.

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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