Godspeed, your Majesty
I woke up early, here in India, to the sad news that our beloved queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, had died yesterday. There were messages waiting from my children …
Category: England
Of colonial legacies and Her Majesty the Queen
My news feed is decidedly schizophrenic right now. (Am I even allowed to use that word these days? Or is it too un-PC?) Let me explain. One the one hand, …
HELLO TO THE QUEEN!
Today, June 2nd 2022, marks the start of the celebrations in the ol’ home country for the platinum jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. Sitting far away in India, I …
Eyup! It’s Yorkshire Day!
Now I might no longer live in God’s Own Country, but there’s nowt like Yorkshire Day for reminding me of ‘ow gradely the old home country is. I won’t embarrass …
RIP Your Royal Highness
I won’t make this a very long post, nor will I rehash the late Prince Philip’s life – we’ve all got Wikipedia/the Beeb/vicious Twitter trolls to do that for us. …
“Please to remember the fifth of November..”
“…gunpowder, treason and plot…” You all remember the nursery rhyme, right”? “Remember, remember, the Fifth of NovemberGunpowder treason and plotI see no reason why gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot” This …