Arts
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
The third Sunday of Advent – #Joy. A traditional English carol from the 16th century or earlier. OldTrout 2018
Christianity
Christianity
Martin Luther and Brexit: Game Changers
We all know that Henry VIII famously broke with the Pope in Rome to seek a marriage with Anne Boleyn. But another important question is how was he able to do this? More specifically, would [more…]
Arts
In The Bleak Midwinter
The second Sunday of Advent – #Love. Bonsall Moor, Derbyshire. 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 [more…]
Arts
Father Christmas
I wanted to write a seasonal piece for GP, but I’m a totally rubbish cook so a recipe is out of the question. What could I do instead? How about a brief history of Father [more…]
Christianity
The Gifts of Christmas
If you sent all the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas, then how many would you send? The gifts for each day are the triangular numbers : We have done these before : In [more…]
Christianity
Isaiah Part 3 – The Second Coming of the Messiah
I wasn’t originally going to tackle the thorny subject of Biblical prophecies concerning the Second Coming of the Messiah, a subject that has caused more than a few people to lose their minds. However, a [more…]
Arts
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
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…]
Christianity
Isaiah Part 2 – Prophecies of the Christ
This is the second half, well final third perhaps, of the previous article about Isaiah published a few weeks ago and in this autumnal season as we start looking forward to Advent and then Christmas, [more…]
19th Century
A Diversion From The Peak District To Canterbury?
Hello Postaliers. This article was due to be titled “A Postcard From The Peak District”, hopefully on a par with those tremendous journals of Puffins’ travel shenanigans. Last month we dragged the shed for a [more…]