The magpie holds up her collection of words for the day: Just read a lovely essay from Paul Knight's words on the 'Turn of the Season, the local awakening of our valley. The curlews are back and though the weather still shows the extremes of temperature life streams back. You will note, if you read the words that is, the local meetings at chapels or mills, not necessarily for religion but for the welcoming back of the season and the old tradition of 'mummers'.
I have a problem with this part of Yorkshire, I loved North Yorkshire, its bucolic quietness suited my frame of mind. Towns such as Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside and Pickering were far removed from protest marches. I will not ever get used to large towns being so near with their complexity of transport and people rushing around. But so be it. At least Knight frames a landscape he loves and writes about with such skill.
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Marina Hyde, who has a tongue like a whiplash and is a favourite writer of mine describing Henry 6th compared to Trump. Taken from the Guardian
For now, perhaps we are living through the ideal conditions for an American break with Rome. When the English pulled the trigger on the Reformation, of course, they were ruled by a sociopathic malignant narcissist, who emptied his pram of toys when Rome didn’t sign up to his obsession of the hour. He was also extremely given to kleptocracy, and couldn’t really see a policy position without reconfiguring it as a material benefit to himself. I dunno: something feels familiar, I just can’t put my finger on it.
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Has anyone come across Jay Vail, an American who I think lives in London, his observations on the English way of life, I can only probably give you a F/B link, but his quiet satire and understanding are good.
I enjoyed Paul Knight's writing. Thank you.
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