Monthly Archives: July 2016

Je Suis Catholique: What can I say but this? There can hardly be a more appropriate moment for the awful prayers from the Requiem Mass: Dies irae, dies illa             ( This day of wrath, … Continue reading →

Nice & Beyond Nice was in party mood enjoying the end of Bastille Day in a blaze of fireworks. Like the 4th of July – festivals hardly come in more secular garb than Bastille Day with its echoes of Liberté, … Continue reading →

Existential crisis….. It is well to keep calm and carry on if one is HM Queen and has successfully carried on for 90 odd years most of them as the UK’s sovereign. Political Parties do not own the hereditary rights … Continue reading →