When I last checked my highly scientific Twitter poll, tomorrow was favourite for taking down the Christmas decorations. But only just. Twelfth Night isn’t exactly…
6 December 2020 – St Nicholas’ Day
It being St Nicholas’ Day, I was going to put my tree up, as it’s said St Nick was the precursor to Father Christmas. Having…
5 December 2020 – AdVent Calendar
My Advent calendar finally arrived today. I’m writing this like it’s the fault of the calendar and not my woeful lack of organisation that buggered…
14 November 2020 – Nell Gwyn, The French Revolution, and Diwali
Today was one of those days where the folklore just fitted. It’s the 333rd anniversary of the death of Nell Gwyn in 1687. Nell was mostly…
12 November 2020 – Old Samhain
Let’s just call today a homage, a modern interpretation if you will, a fudge. Because almost nothing about my stagpag was either stag or pag. …
3 September 2020 – Nutting Day
Today is the first of three days in September that claim to be Nutting Day, although the 3rd is the only one without the Devil…