Choons of the Season
Welcome. Pour yourself a drink, and enjoy. Me, I’m nursing a Boulevardier. It’s a strapped on Negroni : ditch the gin for bourbon. One ounce Bourbon, One ounce Sweet Vermouth, one ounce Campari, straight up or on [more…]
Welcome. Pour yourself a drink, and enjoy. Me, I’m nursing a Boulevardier. It’s a strapped on Negroni : ditch the gin for bourbon. One ounce Bourbon, One ounce Sweet Vermouth, one ounce Campari, straight up or on [more…]
The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. An early mention of the carol’s title occurs in William Hone’s 1823 work Ancient Mysteries Described, which includes [more…]
The fourth Sunday of Advent. #Love Original spelling Modernised spelling Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child, By by, lully, lullay thow littell tyne child, By by, lully, lullay! Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child, Bye [more…]
The third Sunday of Advent – #Peace. Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308–1311 [more…]
Through the years I have enjoyed many things about Christmas and if I were to be asked my favourite thing, I guess I would have to name not just one, but a few. Some of [more…]
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is time to light the first candle. #Hope. O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of [more…]
Holy mince pies and brandy butter Batman! Is it bauble and tinsel time again already? It seems like we just got the last of the pine needle out of the carpet and here we go [more…]
I have a good friend who lives in Essex, although we are very different people we’ve always got along well since we first met, we share a sense of humour that not everyone gets. We [more…]
From time to time it is perhaps appropriate that we should relax a little the bonds that tether us to the straight and narrow. As we all know well, A fitting apologia for a bit of [more…]
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