Royalty – Jac o' the North

Miscellany 25.11.2018

Jac — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 12:30:55 +0000

This is another omnibus edition of 3,000+ words. But it’s broken up for you to enjoy in instalments. So take your time, and savour it properly. ◊ ROCKIN’ TO THE RIGHT Back in September I put out a tweet linking to this report about yet another planning application for ‘holiday cabins’. I was amazed – …

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Updates 03.05.2018

Jac — Thu, 03 May 2018 19:00:49 +0000

AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBERT MELEN, PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Melen, Here is my response to the e-mails received from you, set out in my previous post. When I received your request on April 19th to remove the image I’d used, I asked myself, ‘Why has it taken him so long to see an image posted on …

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Poppies, Row on Row

Jac — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:05:08 +0000

PART 1: ‘THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’ This autumn has seen a succession of spats between the football associations of the ‘home’ nations and FIFA the international governing body of the game over displays of poppies, which FIFA deems to be a political symbol. These disputes reached something of a fever pitch last week when FIFA laid …

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Feudalism Thriving in Powys

Jac — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:27:08 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever done this before (as the actress said to the bishop), but this post is all about another post, on a faraway blog I was unaware of until a couple of days ago. To explain. I received an e-mail from an anonymous source providing a link to a blog post said …

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Tommy Atkins, Still Being Exploited 100 Years On

Jac — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:55:08 +0000

I am indebted to D P for drawing my attention to the Owain Glyndŵr Fields Initiative. If, like me, you were unaware of this project, then this extract from the website might help: “The Owain Glyndwr Fields Initiative was established to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales, through the protection of …

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William and Katy: A Welsh Response

Jac — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:00:45 +0000

Now that we’ve all had time to think about it, what should be the patriotic Welsh response to the wedding of William Windsor and Kate Middleton? For although we would like it to be otherwise, in the eyes of the world there are strong Welsh connections. To begin with, William is the son of Charles, …

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