Monthly Archives: March 2021

Missing the details

Posted on 11th March 2021 by Ian

Photographic collections are always fascinating. There is no need to know anything about lenses or details of exposure, or the camera used, or the film on which the image was taken, they can just be pictures for their own sake. … Continue reading →

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Thirty years later

Posted on 10th March 2021 by Ian

10th March, the first anniversary of the death of my father, it is also the thirtieth anniversary of the death of my maternal grandfather, who died on 10th March 1991. Thirty years on and his soft words and gentle smile remain … Continue reading →

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Lost moons

Posted on 9th March 2021 by Ian

Waning crescent? Is that the right term? It was only last week that I discovered the meaning of “gibbous.” Perhaps I should have paid more attention to the copy of Old Moore’s Almanack bought by my grandmother every year. I … Continue reading →

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Will the people turn against Harry?

Posted on 8th March 2021 by Ian

It would be difficult to imagine a family more conservative than my own. Generation upon generation of small farmers in a small rural parish, they were not people given to radicalism. Farming life allowed little leisure, the sheer physical effort … Continue reading →

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The world needs thugs

Posted on 7th March 2021 by Ian

But I do prophesy the election lights On Fortinbras. He has my dying voice. So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less, Which have solicited. The rest is silence.  Hamlet Act 5 Scene 2 “Fortinbras!” The A-level English teacher … Continue reading →

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