Our reporter was quietly minding his own business at a lawyer’s do he was covering for the B.V. when he became engaged in conversation with His Honour Judge Norman Rudd who is also a local farmer. “You live at Blissford don’t you?” he remarked. Astonished he knew my name I began to pay attention. “How’s [...]
Malc’s horse having all but eaten through their fence, Maureen and John decided it was time and have purchased a magnificent new blue cattle grid. After fifteen years of Maureen opening and closing gates, John will be able to go the shops solo.
Ian must be having a slow season at Blissford Airways. A new culvert has appeared allowing dryer access to Brook Farm¹s North Field.
Ann announced she has a new alsatian. Just in time as Dave’s garage has been triffled with and the gate to Ann’s field beside Yewshurst was opened and all the herd have decamped back down to the Moorcroft field.
A Review of Civilization and the Limpet by Martin Wells (Perseus Books)
Do you know the link between the sexual habits of the Slipper Limpet and a Roman aqueduct? Or why they are sufficiently remarkable to be commemorated in its specific name (Crepidula fornicata)? Have you ever wondered how ordinary limpets find their way home after [...]
Do you (or did you once) play a musical instrument, preferably not very well? We used to play the trumpet and the clarinet quite badly, but enjoyed doing so with like-minded friends of similarly limited talent. If you would be interested in forming a small group to play solely for your own amusement, please call [...]
The reason for the flamboyant quantities of festive foam from Newgrounds is now known, with the sighting of several black puppiesfrolicking in Butch’s back yard. The only thing that remains a mystery, is who the proud parents are!
Removal vans were recently spotted at Mayfield House, and the Big House is showing lights mid week. Has [...]
Standing for the Bracken Cottage Book Club. Please contact Sarah who, as as only a piano virtuoso is excluded from the Blissford Wind Ensemble ( which has nothing to do with Betty’s Jerusalem Artichoke Soup …Henry!). Please let Sarah know if you¹d like to join in. In February when Sarah is busy, Hugh will demonstrate [...]
Marianne has dusted the Great Hall at Yewshurst, ready for the Christmas spectacular and Tractor Reunion. The Mayor and Mayoress of Vimoutiers, such a success at Post Box Cottage; have been asked to make a return enfilade.
For an oral exam, when aged thirteen,
my father was asked questions in French
by a visiting professor in trench-
coat and gold-rimmed spectacles, who was lean
with the thin, pursed lips of an enemy
interrogator. He pressed my father
to say what his father’s métier
was – an awkward question, for how many
schoolboys know the French for ‘Real Estate
Agent’? Adopting a [...]