The Hearth of Mopsus

The most recently-completed of my loo books is Anthony Austen Dent's Lost Beasts of Britain (1974), and a pleasure it was too, so much ...

A few phrases from the last two days: "I don't think people in the church like me" "Notwithstanding what the truth is,...

May 19th was Pentecost, the Cinderella of the great Christian festivals. I've posted before about my attempts to adapt the old ritual o...

Ages ago now we visited Tower Hamlets Cemetery. It's the smallest and least-known of the 'Magnificent Seven' Victorian cemeterie...

Yesterday was the annual service at which all the new churchwardens around the area are sworn in, and it happened to take place in Horningto...

... as I said on Facebook. I am not sure anyone will make head nor tail of this, but anyway. I’m still thinking my way through the issue...

On Sunday 12th we went walking around central London again, this time tracing the history and pseudo-history of that mysterious and intrig...