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More or less, the musings of a graduate of a Scottish university, born in New York, formerly resident in South Africa, and now living in London.
 Cardinal ManningOver at Reluctant Sinner, Dylan Parry has an excellent post on Cardinal Manning. read more Die nuwe VolksbladBloemfontein’s Afrikaans daily redesigns. read more Christmas DiaryIt was the strange clicking sound emerging from the engine of the Renault Clio that started us off on our journey. We were off to pick up Piccolo Giuseppe from Heathrow and to whisk him, and ourselves, off to the country for Christmas. read more Opening Parliament Down UnderI’m a fan of state openings of parliament, so it might be a surprise that I’ve never been to one. Down in the Antipodes, New Zealanders have just had their State Opening of Parliament. read more |
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Portales of MadridDino takes a look at apartment building entrances in Madrid. read more Burn Baby Burn!There’s nothing wrong with burning effigies; there is something wrong with naked moral cowardice. read more  Le drapeau « Jacques Cartier »Heraldist Maurice Brodeur designed a flag commemorating Jacques Cartier, founder of Quebec and Canada. read more They Will Bury Us!But at least it will be a Christian burial: the Russians have one-upped us again. read more Meanwhile, in the DominionsSt. Michael’s College in Toronto is home to the only memorial ‘slype’ in the world. read more Ireland’s Viceregal Throne ReplacedThis sort of thing is devised simply to raise Cusackian hackles. read more Happy ChristmasI wish all our readers the very best for this Christmas season and I hope we will all enjoy innumerable blessings in this coming year. click here St Andrew’s & Blackfriars Hall, NorwichNorwich, that city of two cathedrals and capital of one of England’s greatest counties, is also home to the most complete Dominican friary complex in all of England. read more A Breath of Fresh, Northern AirThe Dorchester Review, a new historical and literary journal with a variety of thoughtful articles on fascinating subjects, proves that Canada is still thinking. read more Begley Takes to the SkiesThe Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith is in danger of closing as its landlord is putting the ICC’s building up for sale, but one brave bear is doing his bit. read more  The Old In & OutOn my way to the Cavalry & Guards yesterday for lunch with an ancient veteran of King’s African Rifles, I was a bit ahead of schedule and so took a gander at Cambridge House. read more The Inauguration of the President of IrelandPresidential inaugurations were once grand affairs: the first, in 1938, was described as “the most colourful event that has been held in Dublin” since independence and “a microcosm of the new Ireland”. read more |
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 The 8th Earl of WicklowWilliam Cecil James Philip John Paul Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow, was received into the church in 1932. read more The Major-General’s StatueYour random bit of Afrikaans arcana for the day. read more  An-Nahar RedesignWe don’t pay much attention to newspaper design in the Middle East as their newspapers do not often show up on our radar. read more Nature DiaryWith the prolonged fine weather, all kinds of exotic creatures have appeared in our part of the countryside. read more  LoriotBernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow was born 12 November 1923 and left this world on 22 August 2011. read more Choral Concert in N.Y.London’s best choir is singing tonight in the Church of St Thomas, 5th Ave. read more Fr Z Comes to Town…and is introduced to Scotland’s national soft-drink, made from girders. read more  Caffe ReggioIn August, I enjoyed a lazy, espresso-fuelled afternoon in this place with Herr Doktor Zmirak and D. Riccardo. click here New Cathedral in RussiaHoly Trinity Cathedral in Magadan, Siberia is, of all things, built to look like a cathedral. read more California FloreatGov. Jerry Brown “has taken to slapping down the mollycoddling absurdities” of the state legislature. read more Mullen, the Times, and Christianity in ChinaThe Rev’d Peter Mullen is on top form commenting on the Times of London’s handling of the growth of Christianity in China. read more Valle Adurni on Catholic France‘Pastor in Valle’ has composed a splendid overview of Catholic France from the baptism of Clovis onwards. read more A Little UpdateA return from recess and a new look. read more  Some Finnish WordsWe’ve been rather too neglectful of Finnish, the language so beloved of Tolkien. read more Catholic Ambassadors to the U.N.St Agnes on 43rd Street in New York recently welcomed a group of Catholic ambassadors. read more Una Voce New York SymposiumThe Harvard Club on 14 October 2011. read more August RecessOur little corner of the web will be taking a bit of a break for the month of August. read more Vatican InsiderAnyone remotely interested in church matters should make themselves aware of La Stampa‘s Vatican Insider site. read more  Cape Town’s ‘Nazi’ Street to be RenamedThe city of Cape Town has recently effected a small number of street name changes, including the renaming of Oswald Pirow-straat. read more Krige at BonhamsOut of pure ignorance, I used to think South African art was all mediocre before slowly discovering its small but noteworthy patches of brilliance. Francois Krige is one of them. read more The Arrival of AutumnThe entire palette of the Cape changes with the seasons: from the faded shades and muffled tones of autumn to the rich verdant growth and red-brown soil of the spring and summer. read more ‘I Have Prussiandom in my Blood’In an interview with the Viennese weekly Falter, Loriot explored the Prussianness of his family and upbringing, musing upon some aspects of what it is to be Prussian. read more Visit DenmarkHaving previously explored the world of Finnish travel posters, I happened to come across various posters advertising the happy kingdom of Denmark. click to view Best Universities in the WorldHere follows, arranged from northernmost to southernmost, our completely arbitrary and biased accounting of the best universities in the world. read more  Gregor von RezzoriThe author born in Bukovina, raised in Vienna, and resident in Germany during the Second World War, provides a glimpse into his own mind in this magazine interview. read more A Rioplatense Kingdom?A book recently published in Buenos Aires sheds new light on the difficult transition period between the Spanish Empire on the River Plate and the foundation of the Argentine Republic. read more Canada’s Royal StandardsIn anticipation of the recent visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Canada, the government of that dominion unveiled new Canadian personal flags for Prince Charles and Prince William. read more Reviving Manhattan’s Parisian Splendour“Practically perfect in every way” was how Mary Poppins described herself in the Disney film, but Ralph Lauren has given birth to a grande dame on the Upper East Side that might justifiably make a similar claim. read more Winchester MansionsStaring across Sea Point Promenade towards the waters of the Atlantic in Cape Town, there sits Winchester Mansions. read more Towards a Confucian ModernityProfessor Tu Weiming (杜維明) has, according to one source, been appointed to a position at Peking University to promote the study of Confucianism as a serious ethical system on a par with Western philosophy. read more The American DrugstoreAlways open, day and night, in any weather, brilliantly lit up like a beacon in the middle of the night, sheltering and hospitable like a port, full of things… like a drugstore, for in no other place are there so many things. read more The Architecture of ImmaturityThe French Ministry of Culture on the Rue Saint-Honoré is a perfect example of the architecture of immaturity. read more  Fra Freddy, Rest In PeaceFra Fredrik Crichton-Stuart, Grand Prior of England of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, died yesterday morning with his breviary in his hand. read more Dublin DiaryWe start out at the usual Italian place, PH’s stammtisch despite his complaints that they’re stingy and never bring you a limoncello at the end of a meal, as is custom elsewhere. read more Nobility and Dignity at the Café ValoisI am not a nostalgic: I am quite comfortable with the twenty-first century and am glad I was born when I was. But I challenge anyone to read this story and deny that we today have lost something profoundly good. read more Civilised Barbarism, Barbaric Civilisation“Despite my inclinations to the contrary,” an Argentine diplomat wrote after the fall of the Spanish empire in 1898, “I have racial sensitivities. I am Latin.” read more  Bo BartlettThere is something vigorously American about the art of Bo Bartlett, including beautiful portents of doom and eery celebrations of coastal life. read more The Mornings of the WorldCamus, I read somewhere, had a particular phrase or concept that constantly resurfaced in several of his works: the morning of the world, or les matins du monde. read more Cocktail, Anyone?A friend and occasional drinking partner brings us a few thoughts on the inhabitants of his drinks cabinet, so I thought I’d share a few thoughts of my own. read more |
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