It’s the fourth Sunday before Christmas, so welcome to the beginning of Advent, otherwise known as Advent Sunday. And as any self-respecting child of the…
24 November 2020 – St Catherine’s Eve
Kit be nimble,Kit be quick,Kit jump over the candle stick. Lacemakers’ rhyme It’s St Catherine’s Eve, or Catterntide Eve. According to Cattern Cakes and Lace, a…
22 November 2020 – Stir Up Sunday
I’m writing this eating one of yesterday’s leftover mince pies. Today was really one of those days where I should have done a bit more…
21 November 2020 – Competitive Mince Pie Eating
Today’s folklore is a little early, yet a little late. Once was, Wookie Hole, the famous caves in Somerset, held an annual mince pie eating…
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509–1511, fresco at the Raphael Rooms, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
18 November 2020 – Philosophy
I don’t know how to write about today. Every time I’ve put something down I just sound like a wanker. Which is really unfair, but…