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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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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Mellow Yellow

Many religions prescribe ritual purification prior to worship. A slosh of mouthwash after a surfeit of garlic suffices in the Church of England, although this is voluntary and often observed in the breach.

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