Peter Risdon

Rachel Lucas’s blog is excellent. She’s from Dallas, Texas and has come over to live in the UK with her serviceman husband. She writes superbly, very funny, sparky and observant. Recommended reading.
Thanks to the Prof for the tip.

An email arrived this morning from my mother, who has been researching family history. She’s just discovered that one of her father’s cousins was killed a month before the Armistice in 1918, in a village called Neuvilly.
The notice in the London Gazette that announced his award of the Victoria Cross ran as follows:
“For most [...]

I think Jenny Taylor does cap the rest. But it’s a competitive field.
Thanks, Kes.

I hate to be so critical, but almost everything about the following is wrong. It’s from Steve, and it’s discussing an article by Philip Blond in Prospect Magazine:
Phillip Blond argues that the Tories’ conversion to free market liberalism has been a disaster for conservatism and for many of the party’s core supporters.
Instead of holding the [...]

Heh.

Thanks to Anonymous in these comments. If you’re not registered with the Financial Times, click this link. Then in the location bar of your browser change the word “false” to “true” – do nothing else. Hey presto, you’re in.
That’s a basic mistake, guys. Never heard of Session variables?

Don’t Touch Me There was one. Bobby Brown is another.

Sunday evening viewing from Penn and Teller.

I’d watched it before (there are loads of excellent P&T videos at YouTube) but the sinisterly anonymous J.F. Beck reminded me.

The Libertarian Party has added a multiple choice quiz to their website, so people can measure how liberal they are. This is because, as they explain:
To be a liberal basically means you believe in individual freedom. And that you accept the responsibilities that this entails. As is clear, this outlook is worlds apart from the [...]

… now the fire’s gone. An Australian firefighter giving a Koala a drink.

My sister Ann emailed me from Sydney with a screenshot of this. Some gender confusion, but it’s still touching:
This is some of what the firefighter whose name is David said
“I could see she had sore feet and was in trouble, so I [...]