An excellent discussion between Douglas Murray, Sir Roger Scruton and an enquiring and courteous audience.
“Our greatest Prime Minister, in my view, Lord Salisbury, was in office for twenty years, and no one can remember him.”
Home – Sir Roger Scruton
Given the excitable state of the world and the credulity of so many, it is time to emphasise the importance to the world of those who speak the truth and retain their composure. This is such a man. LJ
Interesting. Watch this space…
“L’arrêté antipesticides du maire de Langouët annulé par la justice” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/l-arrete-antipesticides-du-maire-de-langouet-annule-par-la-justice-20191025
Sir Roger Scruton: How to Be a Conservative – YouTube
A wise man, a rarity these days.
Je marche seul
The Three Musketeers: A Comedy Adventure | Theatre Royal Winchester
This was an extravagantly delightful display of coruscating ludic pyrotechnics and sustained intellectual and physical athleticism. Pure entertainment performed with unrelenting energy and an infectious lightness of touch. We enjoyed the ride!LJ
From Le Navet Bete, award-winning creators of smash-hit shows Dracula: The Bloody Truth and Dick Tracy, comes a hilarious new comedy adventure that will have you rolling with laughter from here to the French countryside.
Armed only with a baguette and his questionable steed, join hot-headed D’Artagnan as he travels to Paris full of childish excitement and misplaced bravado to become a Musketeer.
Will things go to plan? It’s unlikely. With four actors and over 30 characters, this will be their most hilariously chaotic adventure yet!
— Read on www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/whats-on/three-musketeers-comedy-adventure
Bulverism – Wikipedia
Simon Evans Is Right – BBC Sounds
An interesting examination of the rôle of the authentic comedian, currently beleaguered by the neo-orthodoxy of the woke cult and its swelling pressure to lean acquiescently and naively to the perilous political left, notwithstanding lessons from 20th century history.
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— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0008hkz
L’éducation avant l’instruction publique
Good catch, Chlo’!
From bang-a-bonk to cold turkey – it pays to increase your word power — GYLES BRANDRETH
“It pays to increase your word power” was a regular title in the Reader’s Digest, as I recall. LJ
From bang-a-bonk to cold turkey – it pays to increase your word power — GYLES BRANDRETH
— Read on www.gylesbrandreth.net/blog/2019/7/31/dfq0cerehvh0oag2bnn0a6x282aqbq
The author of “Woke”, a satire as important in our times as the works of Erasmus and Voltaire were to theirs.
Andrew Doyle in conversation.
Labrador snaffles cake entered for Warkworth competition – BBC News
Labrador snaffles cake entered for Warkworth competition – BBC News
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-tyne-49393840
I’m enjoying this for as long as it can reasonably be expected to last.
Kirchgänger: Der Rückkehrer | ZEIT ONLINE
Als Kind ging der Vater unseres Autors in die Kirche. Als Erwachsener blieb er ihr fern. Fast 45 Jahre lang. Nun geht er wieder hin. Warum?
La conséquence de la paresse, la suffisance et l’indifférence des imbéciles tenant les rênes dans nos établissements scolaires
Excellent analysis from Jordan Peterson
9 départements en vigilance orange aux orages violents – LCI
Actualités Météo : INTEMPÉRIES – Ce vendredi, Météo France a placé neuf départements en vigilance orange aux orages violents. Le début du phénomène est attendu aux alentours de 15h.
— Read on www.lci.fr/meteo/previsions-meteo-france-9-departements-en-vigilance-orange-aux-orages-violentsaube-tarn-yonne-meuse-2129145.html
Another pleasant puzzle
L’astuce géniale pour éplucher ses pommes de terre en quelques secondes
Je vais essayer cela demain… LJ
In St. Martin
Very satisfying
Completed in fading light in St. Martin
Solved in flight
on the aeroplane between Southampton and La Rochelle.
Au grand café, vous êtes entré par hasard…
Me and my shadoof 🎶
La mort du Zoulou blanc
What a joyous moment on stage!
Amy Chua – Wikipedia
Amy Chua – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Chua
In her discussion with Anne McElvoy on the podcast “The Economist Asks” Amy Chua offers some wise and unusually balanced insights into the problematic schism entailed by identity politics and the damage caused to the “connective tissue” holding heterogeneous societies such as the USA and the UK together.
The Economist asks: Have identity politics gone too far? | The Economist asks on acast
Tribalism has always existed, but is now playing a far more pivotal role in society: from the rise of gender and ethnic affiliation, to nationalist parties in Europe and even the appeal of Donald Trump. Amy Chua, author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” and “Political Tribes”, explains why the politics of sharp-edged identities have become so powerful.For information regarding your data privacy, visitacast.com/privacy
— Read on play.acast.com/s/theeconomistasks/eed21a66-66ac-4463-8f46-f107aec42d8a
Coffee with Chlo’
Marquis de Condorcet
Marquis de Condorcet – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Condorcet
Le cocu
Le dernier repas
Drunken British sailors are invading Florida and beating each other up, because why not?
British sailors from the Royal Navy’s prized new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in the northeast Florida port of Jacksonville Beach Wednesday.
— Read on www.navytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2018/09/09/drunken-british-sailors-are-invading-florida-and-beating-each-other-up-because-why-not/
Natural justice – Wikipedia
Natural justice – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_justice
Nemo iudex in causa sua – Wikipedia
Nemo iudex in causa sua – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_iudex_in_causa_sua
Audi alteram partem – Wikipedia
Audi alteram partem – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_alteram_partem
My friend and I
Les patois de la Suisse
Klein-Levin Syndrome
Pleasing…
Ernest Dowson
Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam
The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long. –Horace
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
Love
The love of one’s study companion
Charles Hamilton (writer) – Wikipedia
The genius behind Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School.
Charles Hamilton (writer) – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_(writer)
Choices, choices …
Rose in the Rain
Why Some People Are Always Late to the Airport . The Atlantic
What a delight!
L’état et la forêt
Practising “Le cocu”
