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The Holly and the Ivy

23rd December 2019 OldTrout 1035 Comments

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…]

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The Coventry Carol

22nd December 2019 OldTrout 1882 Comments

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…]

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The Grand Siege of Malta 1565 – Part 3

20th December 2019 Blown Periphery 1787 Comments

The Attack on Fort St Elmo The Grand Master assumed that the Turks would continue to attack the forts of St Angelo and St Michael, but two Christian renegades who had become Muslims to save [more…]

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Dignity

18th December 2019 Rookwood 1788 Comments

I am probably not going to be popular with some of the more acerbic and biased opinion makers that populate the corners of the GP community, but there are certain nettles that the “right of [more…]

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Daniel – a Prophetic Vision Part 4

15th December 2019 1642again 2100 Comments

Daniel & the Dream of the Four Beasts Along with Daniel’s interpretation of dream for King Nebuchadnezzar, of the great statue with a golden head, chest and arms of silver, abdomen and thighs of bronze, [more…]

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Adeste, Fideles

15th December 2019 OldTrout 1058 Comments

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…]

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The Grand Siege of Malta 1565 – Part 2

13th December 2019 Blown Periphery 4889 Comments

The Opposing Forces – The Muslims The army of Suliman the Magnificent was an impressive force that was both hated and feared throughout Europe. Unusually for the time the infantry were the elite, the Janissaries [more…]

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Be careful what you wish for

10th December 2019 Rookwood 2022 Comments

There is a certain segment of society that is sufficiently deficient in self-awareness, social conscience, understanding, and indeed wisdom, that they are incapable of any ethical or moral position other than that which is floated [more…]

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Daniel – a Prophetic Vision Part 3

8th December 2019 1642again 1306 Comments

The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar – Daniel Chapter 2 The second chapter of Daniel is Daniel’s first big moment ‘on stage’ in which he interprets a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon who [more…]

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