Arts
In The Bleak Midwinter
This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This is by Darke : © OldTrout
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Hobbies
Shunting about – part 3
With three baseboards built and fitted together and a fourth ready to go, we have a stable base for the layout. Yes, another two boards will be added later to give a full loop but [more…]
Arts
Turnaround – Turning Around Failing Companies or Organisations
The Covid panic/lockdown disaster has confronted many businesses and other organisations throughout the UK with an existential challenge. A long dark winter of spreading and harsher lockdowns is crushing large numbers already and others will [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 37 – Monty’s Story, the Land between the Rivers
Chapter 37 – Monty’s Story, the Land between the Rivers Right, let’s get a few things straight. We all realise that my species isn’t overwhelmingly loved by all members of the human race. One hundred [more…]
Arts
Larry’s Diary, Week Seventy
Monday Morning all, where’s the promised sun? You just can’t rely on the weather forecast these days. I hear that Prince William and Kate’s dog “Lupo” has died at an early age for a black [more…]
Christianity
The Psalms
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Thirty Two
“What makes you think Mr Lee’s best will be a man?” Asked our chauffeur-maid Rose, pulling our big back Mercedes to a stop, having just successfully evaded the pursuing North Korean Secret Service’s Miss Kim [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 147
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner of a GP mug. 146 – MarcusJuniusBrutus. [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1968
Featured Album: Dianna Ross & The Supremes – Greatest Hits This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for [more…]