Baily’s Cream

The Times this morning has a picture of the Holcombe Hunt in Lancashire. Not to be outdone BB roving reporter, Angela C-C, took this picture; better composed than the one in The Times and reminiscent of a Munnings.

Channon and Cowles

I have opened a present, received in September, sent by a friend in Oregon; sensibly he used the services of Venetia Vyvyan, across the river, not the pond, in Barnes but I wanted to save it for Christmas.

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A Late Entry

Adoring Angels is making a strong run along the rails in the Christmas Card Chase with Benozzo Gozzoli on board. He has form: 1421 – 1497.

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Snowscapes

Robert, Bertie and I received a Christmas card from a friend (and his dog, Akiko) that so far is runner-up in the hotly contested Best Christmas Card Competition – renamed Covid at Christmas Cock-Up this year.

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Lithuania

There are uncomfortable parallels between Europe in 1938 and the world today.

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Eviva España

Virginia Cowles writes affectionately about the Spaniards she met in this warts and all extract from Looking for Trouble.

JBS Haldane

If you read JBS Haldane’s entry in Wikipedia and you should, you will not read about the Spanish civil war.