21 February 2022
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Following on from yesterday’s post, this video asks an interesting question: I do sometimes find myself singing Sumer Is Icumen In (13th century), which does also get a mention in the video – note the ‘probably’ after Greensleeves. With a … Continue reading
2 August 2021
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Christ in Camp and Combat: Religious Work in the Confederate Armies is study on the role of chaplains and others in the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Dennis Peterson has put in a lot of research and gives … Continue reading
24 March 2021
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There is a significant amount of suburban development planned in our corner of Loughborough so, over the last year, Jane and I have taken the ‘local exercise’ requirements of lockdowns to get to know some of the areas that are … Continue reading
16 March 2021
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The intersection of those who are interested in guitar pedals, those who can tolerate musicals and those who love a good dose of the absurd is probably fairly small (although perhaps higher among my blog readership than the general population!). … Continue reading
27 March 2020
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It could in real life but I was thinking of the game of Pandemic: Iberia Jane and I played earlier today. We’ve had it on the shelf for a while but, up until this week, had only got round to … Continue reading
15 July 2019
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I’m sorry to see that the MyFolia website is scheduled to close down in early August. I’ve been using it to track various gardens since we were in Lewisham and, although my records haven’t been perfectly kept up to date, … Continue reading
30 May 2019
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I wonder what this summer will be like? Last year, most regions of the UK ‘enjoyed’ a prolonged dry period with high temperatures. I used ‘enjoyed’ advisedly – although heat and dryness tend to be associated with positive terms like … Continue reading
17 November 2018
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This week, Oxford’s Ultimate Picture Palace is showing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). It charts the story of the band Queen from their formation to appearing at the Live Aid concert in 1985. The story is more about Freddie Mercury than Queen … Continue reading
5 July 2018
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Philip Ball’s Bright Earth is a confluence of science, history and art. It explores what colours have been available to artists at different points in history and how their choices have been influenced by availability but also culture mores. The … Continue reading
12 April 2018
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Fifty years ago this month, Conservative MP Enoch Powell delivered an infamous speech that has become known by the title ‘Rivers of Blood‘. It did not, in fact, include that phrase but he did spend the best part of half … Continue reading