Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

It is the Feast of Sts John and Paul. They were eunuchs in the household of the Empress Constantia and so good at logistics they were lent..

— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 26, 2013

...to a general and won a war with the Scythians. Unfortunately they fell out with Julian the Apostate who had them secretly beheaded....

— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 26, 2013

...When people asked where they were he said they’d gone on a cruise and looked menacing. No-one asked again.

It is the Feast of the Holy Fairies in the western Carpathian Mountains today. Lovely maidens gather Yellow Bedstraw in the fields and...

— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 24, 2013

...braid it into crowns. While the plainer girls look on they thrown their crown at their houses, then jump over a bonfire and make...

— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) June 24, 2013

...extra-strong love potions. The fairies then dance around blessing crops but if they encounter any men they drive them mad and maim them.

Last para of Entick v Carrington 1765 http://t.co/NQ1P5xfFdm shows how jealous of our liberties we once were. Now we shrug shoulders at GCHQ

— Mark George (@Mark_George_QC) June 23, 2013

Wanting to be safe from terrorists does NOT req that we surrender our rt to privacy. This DOES matter http://t.co/4ScSeJe1fM These powers...

— Mark George (@Mark_George_QC) June 23, 2013

Via http://dreadnoughtsouthwest.org.uk/oxygen-cast-and-tickets/

And fifteen women become tens of thousands of people. It is July 26th, 1913. Hyde Park. And the South West women are there. Sharing the same oxygen.

 

"Bury me in the space bweteen your actions and intentions'...

bury me in the space between your actions and intentions

— your ghost girl (@littlehauntings) May 22, 2013

I didn't realise that the memorials were originally Peace memorials so I found this collection of letters most interesting.

Via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/24/going-down-of-the-sun

The National Pilgrimage to Walsingham - reflections by RevRichardColes from Twitter

National Pilgrimage to Walsingham today, one of the my very favourite days in the Calendar of English Eccentricity, when High Church...

— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) May 27, 2013

...parsons in birettas throng the highways of Norfolk, thick with cow parsley and Protestant protest.

— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) May 27, 2013

Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces, attended by the 1st Wells Sea Scouts.twitpic.com/ctk544

Let us not forget the wise words of Josh from the West Wing, "Islamic extremism is to Islam as the KKK is to Christianity".

— Ruth (@RoofB) May 22, 2013

Yesterday was WhitSunday - I remember when Whit Monday was the May Bank Holiday.. and looked up when it changed and why.

According to Wikipedia it lasted a century....

Whit Monday was officially recognised as a bank holiday in 1871 but lost this status in 1971 when the Spring Bank Holiday was created.

I'd never been quite clear on the differences between Whitsun and Pentecost

Disgraceful

Serious reprimand for Iain Duncan Smith from @ukstatsauthBackground guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/… guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/… w @jdportes

— Declan Gaffney (@djmgaffneyw4) May 10, 2013