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The following is from the Irish Times and is dated 10 Dec 2019 so written and published before the General Election. The author is the Guardian’s associate editor for Europe. ~~~~~~~~~ I was in Brussels when Johnson peddled his original … Continue reading →

At Christmas we think of Christmas presents – arriving in a sock at the end of the bed perhaps. But Charles Dickens in his story “A Christmas Carol” has Scrooge visited by three ghosts of Christmases – “Past”, “Present”, and … Continue reading →

This is by way of being a test. Having ftp’d a number of images up to the web server on which this blog is hosted, the next thing to do was to see if they were any easier to use … Continue reading →

I really am not a bit surprised by this. It must be absolutely terrible for anyone with a conscience who works for people like Boris Johnson directly or indirectly. There must be many times when you know that what you … Continue reading →

Stumbling around the web, as one does, looking up woodcuts by Howard Phipps, I was put in mind of Simon Phipps, sometime Bishop of Lincoln. I liked him very much, he was one of the few senior clergy with whom … Continue reading →

Two (and a bit) years ago, after much havering, we moved to Scotland. Once here we have lived quietly and observed and listened, and have been much encouraged by the assertions by Mrs Nicola Sturgeon and others that we incomers … Continue reading →

Now this is a good idea. I mentioned it to someone and they said why do you need one of those ? Which just proves what is meant by a “hidden disability”. If you can’t see it, it’s not there, … Continue reading →

There was a time – I was there – I remember it – when we gathered round the wireless as it warmed up, and then listened hopefully, sadly, fearfully, always interestedly to what “The News” had to say. We didn’t … Continue reading →

It may well have been a starry, starry night, but I wasn’t awake to see it. However, the evidence was there this morning and as of midday shows plenty of signs of remaining in those spots the sun does not … Continue reading →