We went to Hebden Bridge yesterday for tea and cake at Leila's restaurant. One day I shall go for lunch for their Persian aubergine dishes which I would love to taste. It was cold but the town was crowded with people. We walked back through the park to the car which had been left in the station car park. Two small children were whizzing round the park in some sort of motorised toboggan. Grinning and saying hello to us as they passed.
It has struck me that in this area, there seems to be no Neolithic long barrows. There are Bronze Age round barrows up on the moors but no stone circles either. I put it down to the fact that the narrow valleys are very steep sided and not land for colonising in prehistoric times.
Haworth is to be the next Sunday outing, the Bronte family the mission, though there is a general consensus not to go in the Rectory. Andrew has left 'Private Eye' magazine which I have been flipping through, a quiet takedown of so much that happens in politics and the world of London.
There is a video (House of Parliament) with Ian Hislop and two journalists up before the Standards Committee being grilled on the unfortunate case of Owen Paterson, who of course resigned when he was called to account. What is intriguing is the lawyer trying to upend Hislop, and Hislop not playing the game.
In a sense it is always a game of argument, and who gets to make the better point, when the true underlying reason why these good people gather is to get an answer on why do politicians get second jobs, handouts, and gifts from outside sources. Okay corruption has always happened and sadly it will always go on happening. Just look at the contracts handed out over the Covid epidemic.
Now I shall go and watch the latest episode on 'Fruity Knitting' which has gone over to Australia.
Agree about handouts - almost standard practice these days - just another example of the rich het rich and the poor get poorer.
ReplyDeleteAm watching an interesting programme on castles on BBC 4 - watched accidentally but really enjoyed as it was so well-presented - first of 3
Waiting for the new television this morning, will try to catch up with it. Though I must admit castles are not my favourite subject, cold, grey and given to warfare;)
DeleteI am so everlastingly tired of hearing politicians argue. I really want to see them DO something.
ReplyDeleteIan Hislop is a great satirist and that is why it is interesting to see him in a government meeting. I can't say that politics don't interest me but have a firm belief that we should all be aware of what they are up to.
DeleteYou are right, of course, but sometimes when they talk it winds up descending in to 'blah blah blah'. Something is said, someone else denies it, and around and around it goes, a dog chasing its tail.
DeleteRe castles Thelma - it really was a rapid rush through history lessons and it refreshed my memory.
ReplyDeleteWell the television has been delivered to the wrong address anyway ;) God knows where it is, but according to the photo the delivery man phoned through, there is a nice rug in the hallway of the recipient!
DeleteToo bad I'm not following more of British politics than the grilling and drilling of the PM.
ReplyDeleteThere is a certain classic air to it at the moment, everyone is getting their pound of humour out of it, whilst not concentrating on real world affairs Joanne. Call it escapism.
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