( Some observations from a morning and afternoon )

The English heralds have struck again, and it's Cambridge. Still, this commemorates the Queen's paternal grandmother's family, and St Andrews people can celebrate their dominion over a slightly older university. Strathearn is there, but as an earldom. Chalfont syndrome, perhaps, as explained in my reply to a comment by
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( Tune out all those uninterested in the royal wedding )

Not quite one of wellinghall's 'Tolkien slept here' posts:

The Return of the King to Saudi Arabia

Who says fantasy isn't relevant?

( Dipping into the past )

...and overthrow parliamentary government and constitutional monarchy! Bring back the Stuarts!

If Bennett Zon at Durham University is right, that's the subliminal message we could be taking away with us from O Come All Ye Faithful. It has some superficial plausibility, but I'd need to read the paper.

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( Death of an obituarist )