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Category Archives: History and related subjects
12th Night – a season ends and a New Year begins
Twelfth Night – reflections of meanings lost and found I have found myself here at the end of this Christmas season much sooner than I expected… ….It is, perhaps sadly, one of Time’s neatest tricks that as we age time … Continue reading
JFK: 50th Anniversary, a considered reconsideration
John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917 -1963 O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, whilst bloody treason flourish’d over us. Mark Antony’s oration, Julius Ceasar, Act III, Scene ii … Continue reading
Of All Souls – Remembrance of Times Past II
Andrew Storrier & Ian loveless I have written so much about Andrew and Ian ( the two Rubies as we knew them en famille) that it might be thought words would fail me. There will never be words enough to … Continue reading
Glenn Richardson: The Field of Cloth of Gold
The Field of Cloth of Gold: I do not often these days get the chance to review books. This therefore makes a delightful exception. This book also makes a delightful read. Richardson’s account not only updates Stephen Anglo’s scholarly and … Continue reading
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Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Remembering the fifth of November When I was still in my primary school in the early 1960’s – St Mary’s in Cookham Road, Maidenhead – at this time of year – even in Roman Catholic school – all the talk … Continue reading
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I Have a Little list or Grade II Listing in London Borough of Lambeth
The colours that you find inside Comrade Chyorniy’s mind…. There is nothing more incomprehensible than the mind of a bureaucrat. This is not my judgement but rather a paraphrase of Tolstoy’s famous judgement. In some ways it is refreshing to … Continue reading
Ember Days & the “Benedicite”
Ember Days Ember Days – those who have heard of this term will probably not understand what they refer to beyond perhaps being a colloquial reference to the less good times in one’s life. They were traditionally days of … Continue reading
English Saints and Myths of the Sceptred Isle
England’s Protomartyr. Albanum egregium fecunda Britannia profert (Lo! fruitful Britain vaunts great Alban’s name.) (Carmina, VII, iii, 155).. England thinks of itself as dedicated to St George who famously slew a dragon. It is the red cross of St George which lies over … Continue reading
News from the Home Front & on the Home Front
Battles lost; battles joined; battles won. I’ve no idea why I choose military metaphors for this post other than for the very obvious reason that I’ve long been a lost cause. The last few weeks I’ve been struggling with … Continue reading
Mass Observations: Stephen Gardiner & the Eucharist
Bishop Stephen Gardiner & the Reformation: The doctrine of the Mass Once the regular clergy and chantry priests were stripped of office and from the clerical estate; once images, statues, rood screens and side-altars were stripped from the churches; the … Continue reading