The s(pace) between football matches: post sabbatical ruminations
This rootedness of reality in the concrete presence of the past is one of the things which makes history so important. We need to know where we’ve been in order Continue Reading →
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Weekend 616.0
The Saints defeated Millwall 1-0 in a pre-season warm-up. That’s all I have right now.
Up the Saints!
“It’s a bit written in the stars, sometimes it’s not meant to be.” — Daniel Farke (Leeds Manager) The Saints defeated Leeds United 1-0 at Wembley and have been promoted Continue Reading →
Boulevard de Sébastopol
The clue is ELECTROMATIC.
Weekend 597.0 (Remember the Joy of my Annunciation)
(1) The Mystery of Walsingham – Our Lady’s Holy House Foundation (EWTN) (2) 2024 Lenten Meditations (Third Sunday of Lent) When the Child Jesus with the voice of a young Continue Reading →
Weekend 596.1
(1) A quote from Steeple Chasing: Around Britian by Church by Peter Ross: “Pluscarden Abbey was founded in 1230 by King Alexander II for monks of the Valliscaulian order. Between Continue Reading →
Weekend 596.0
Table 1: Top 20 most used stations in Great Britain, 2022-23 Station Entries/Exits Change from 2021-22 (% +) Liverpool Street 80,448,194 150 Paddington 59,182,926 148 Waterloo 57,789,780 40 London Bridge Continue Reading →
Weekend 595.0
(1) England’s Nazareth: Walsingham (The Imaginative Conservative) (1a) St. Augustine and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Imaginative Conservative) “To Newman, nineteenth-century liberalism and philosophic utilitarianism were the harbingers of a secular, modern Continue Reading →
Weekend 594.0
Once upon a time, I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He lived in a train station… (1) FA Cup: ‘Newport v Man Utd not possible without my dad’ (BBC) Continue Reading →
Weekend 591.0 (Fabulous Harry, I love the feathers)
(1) A quote from British Rail: The Making and Breaking of Our Trains by Christian Wolmar “In setting out what I see as this corrective to the history of British Continue Reading →