I took a group of Dorset bell-ringers to London yesterday, and one of the churches was St Olave's, Hart Street, where Samuel Pepys worshiped. Naturally enough, I took the Ladybird biography of Pepys with me, for homework on the train. It was light enough to carry, and gave as much information as mos...

Pip played a trick on all of the rest,
To put all their brains to the test.
'Twas a message in code

This shouldn't be funny... but computer says no

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68821406

They are better than most of ghastly covers I had in the shop

Judith Crabb wrote: ↑03 Apr 2023, 23:09
I think the word 'racist' is starting to become meaningless

I realised the word was being abused when I was accused of racism for saying that Scotsmen eat haggis on Burn's Night.

I've decided that if/when I'm accused again, to own it. I'd rather be a racist than a fat-head...

I'm happy - I've found this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDI7x1nwTUw

This afternoon I was even happier - Marsh Harrier at RSPB Radipole in Weymouth

Happily over-dosing in front of a warm telly watching ABBA evening.
Yet to hear Eagle, one of my favourites!

Anne heard a noise outside her tent,
'twas a truck full of Portland cement

My reasons for defending Golliwogg's wasn't just the rights and wrongs of a rag doll or that I didn't want to see the generation of children who had been evacuated being branded 'racist', but that I thought it vital that each of us should have the Right to say "I don't agree with your opinion b...

Hopefully one day in the future, I can step on UK land and see these beautiful scenery myself. Yes - I hope you will enjoy camping at Corfe one day Jubei - but do remember which of the many campsites you are on... A woman came into the Ginger Pop Shop not long before dusk. "I've had a terrible...

Barney even considered climbing onto the back of the lorry, but that space was already taken

I know Viv of Ginger Pop (who happily points herself out as "brown-skinned") has said that when she used to sell golliwogs at the Ginger Pop Shop in Dorset, she had black customers who loved them Here's Viv's video , which she's shared in EBS discussions before, so hopefully she won't min...

I think I have seen it so misty that the castle disappears

Thanks for all these interesting posts - and the photos! I've got the lurgy. This afternoon it was a toss up between watching BBC Famous Five Film, or a 2 hour interview with historian Andrew Roberts talking about Winston Churchill. I'm glad I watched Churchill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYNrUO...

I love the swirl of dirty water at the top of the cover illustration. It would appear that this illustrator has read the text!