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Sunday, 15 June 2025
Graduation granddaughter
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It’s never too early to be thinking of a potential marriage. I mean, Catherine of Aragon was engaged to be married at the age of three. I kn...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
A life worth celebrating
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It must have been a pretty formative experience for an eleven-year-old: I can still see myself standing on the west bank of the Mississippi ...
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Wednesday, 14 May 2025
The thrills of Easter grandparenting
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Ah, Easter, Easter. The great feast of the Christian year. When the followers of Christ eat chocolate to celebrate his sacrifice to redeem m...
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Starmer and the writing on the wall
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The trouble with having your back to the wall is that you can’t read the writing on it. I’m not sure whether the British Primer Minister Kei...
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Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Blackout
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There’s no better way to understand how dependent we are on electricity than to spend half a day without any. That’s what happened on Monday...
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Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Portrait of a thin-skinned man
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When Oliver Cromwell visited the studio of the man who painted his portrait, Samuel Cooper, and saw how the artist had ‘enhanced’ his sitter...
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Friday, 21 March 2025
Grandparenting a philosopher and a budding secret agent
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Last week, spent with the grandkids, was as much of an eye-opener as my time with them always is. I enjoyed watching Elliott, now soon to tu...
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