In manifestos and the darkly allusive language of prophecy…
“Across the country, people struggling to make a living — from the propertied gentry to smallholders and labourers — were sick of a ruling class that had become a byword Continue Reading →
Category Archives: History
Weekend 512.1
“You are gentlemen of brave mettle; you would lift the moon out of her sphere if she would continue in it five weeks without changing.” – William Shakespeare (1) Battle Continue Reading →
Weekend 510.2 (Wreck & Redemption)
I was in Plymouth last weekend and saw the place where the Sea Venture set sail from in 1609. It was supposed to bring relief supplies, etc. to the settlers Continue Reading →
Weekend 495.0 (Now is thus)
(1) The Battle of Towton (1a) The Towton Ring (British Museum) (2) “Now is the winter of our discontent” – Richard III by William Shakespeare (2a) King Richard III had Continue Reading →
Dover via Canterbury
At Dover CliffsScarce hear the surge that has for ages beat,Sure many a lonely wanderer has stood;And whilst the lifted murmur met his ear,And o’er the distant billows the still Continue Reading →
120 Seconds
Where the rude buttress totters to its fall, And ivy mantles o’er the crumbling wall; Where e’en the skilful eve can scarcely trace The once high altar’s lowly resting place Continue Reading →
The barbarians are inside the gate (and so on).
“The C.I.A.’s growth was ‘likened to a malignancy’ which the ‘very high official was not sure even the White House could control…any longer.’ ‘If the United States ever experiences [a Continue Reading →
Weekend 490.0
(1) Becket’s bones return to Canterbury Cathedral (ACNS) (2) St Edmund Pennies by Peter E. Lewis (3) A quote from Tiny Churches by Dixe Wills: “It doesn’t help that he Continue Reading →
Weekend 486.3
“Eyes like starlight through the darkness…” A couple of days of walking and biking is like this song from Howard Jones beginning at 2:30. (1) The Four Seasons: Summer by Continue Reading →
Weekend 484.1
(1) Feeling the strain: stress and anxiety weigh on world’s workers (Financial Times) (1a) Biden sleepwalks into a stagflation nightmare (Asia Times) (2) Brompton Bicycle “I’m getting on” by Antidote Continue Reading →