The age of Saturnine: some recollections of my father and others

I suppose for most of us, Fathers’ Day this year has been even less regarded than commonly.  It is an artificial and imported concept in any event, and its inherent insignificance and faintly alien inaptness are overshadowed by events in a world rapidly going to hell.

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As this is not my politics / economics blog, I content myself with saying this: any party that chooses to put up taxes on cider when there are so many other possibilities, has clearly written off the West Country constituencies.