18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Three
The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. In [more…]
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Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty Five
Ordinarily, the High Commissioner’s residence looks like a two-tiered colonial wedding cake, all Wedgwood coloured walls and white embellishments. Especially so when seen by moon and burning torch light during the British Mission’s much anticipated [more…]
Arts
Art in Cocklecarrot (not Cocklecroft) Towers, Part Five
“A little injustice in the heart can be drowned by wine; but a great injustice in the world can be drowned only by the sword” Epigrams of Chang Ch’ao This part of the mould-breaking series [more…]
Arts
Why Resident Evil 4 should not be remade
The last couple of years have seen quite a few old games remade for newer consoles and some of those facing reboots have been the Resident Evil series. Granted, I quite enjoyed the remakes of [more…]
18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Two
In Part One, I explained that my husband and I travelled to Moelfre, not far from Oswestry, to see a sculptor by the name of Tony Meadows. During that visit, Tony had made an alginate [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty Four
Singapore being a Commonwealth country the British Embassy was really a High Commission and the Ambassador, a High Commissioner. Since both high commissioners and ambassadors are addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, myself, my wife Nicole and [more…]
19th Century
Divided Nation
There are many similarities between family life and the life of the nation. Peace in the home tends to come through being united around common values and expectations. The presence of harmony within the walls [more…]
Arts
Art in the Cocklecroft Towers, Part Four
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money” Samuel Johnson In the comments on Part 2, I was truly saddened to see Tachy, one of the foremost intellects on this site, ally with [more…]
Arts
England weeps
As our glorious leader bumbles his way though this miss-tackled crisis, dropping mistimed bombshells every other week. His cabinet of yes men never cease their blatant brown-nosing compliance, nor their ‘grateful for position’ willingness to [more…]