We Have a Chick!

“We have a chick! It must have hatched around 4.45am. It was revealed a few minutes ago when Azina had to go deal with an intruder that Tom couldn’t chase off.” (Nathalie Mahieu, 16th April 2022)  

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Easter Eggs

Yesterday was the 33rd day the peregrines have been incubating their eggs. It is likely they will hatch today or tomorrow.

Design Matters

  Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Richard Rogers, Christopher Wren; the four most famous architects in the world; three British; two deceased.

Schengen Matters

When I’m at home I am not in Schengen but Schengen can be in me – a riesling from Luxembourg, where the treaty was signed in 1985.

On the Road

In June 2017 I bought Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust. Yesterday I sold out.

Brideshead Revisited

George’s recent comment here about Evelyn Waugh’s (Wu as Conrad calls him) generous opinion of Conrad Russell was written after Conrad’s death. He had not had an opportunity to read Conrad’s letters.

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