@wmarybeard State school Latin gave me a strong entry point to so many languages and a much needed boost against independent school undergrads when I came to Cambridge. I must thank my excellent Latin teachers over the years, including one who taught me in his own time at A-Level
Calling crafty buddies and knitting/ crocheting librarians! I’m looking to gift yarn/ wool this year and I’m out of my depth. Any ideas on brands please?
Do you want to take what’s behind the five sacred portals or go for Bully’s special prize: the speedboat?
You have the time it takes the Basilica to revolve.
@CatrionaGrant Down here in Englandshire, it often comes with some kind of tartan price premium.
I’ve seen it with the high-end soups, in the world food aisle: all much more expensive than other brands. It’s just soup. My Gran always had a press full of it!
@DrFrancisYoung@bodleianlibs I’d like one with notes of Michaelmas: season of mists, mellow fruitfulness, and sheer undergraduate panic of trying to track down the last copy of Tolkien’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.