Another Roller

A blogger trying to grab a reader’s attention often casts modesty aside and is boastful; guilty as charged. The Bible, so often a source of solace, has consolation.

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Blue Mist

Next time I watch Lawrence of Arabia I will pay more attention to the armoured car. It’s a replica in David Lean’s film.

For Richer for Poorer

When Edward Bellew married Augusta Bryan in 1853 it brought two old, landed Catholic families together; one rich the other stupendously rich.

Christmas Day

The Prime Minister no doubt is spending Christmas in Downing Street working on the Deal that needs to be approved next week by the House of Commons. It’s unclear when the Upper House gets its say. It is not the first time a Prime Minister has worked on Christmas Day.

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The Pripet Marshes

The Pripet Marshes, also known as the Pinsk Marshes, cover more than 100,000 square miles straddling Belarus and Ukraine.

The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson may not be familiar to you. I think he is better known in America. At my Thanksgiving picnic-on-a-park-bench that should have been captured by Georges Seurat, my friend the Manhattan banker gave me a present from her sister who serendipitously called in on FaceTime from Boston.

Naughty Frances

Fiona Moorhouse’s recent comments have started me thinking about the four Lord Bellews of the First Creation.