@almurray - I stumbled upon 2011 letter to the Telegraph on handkerchief ‘regulations’ at Arnhem
SIR – When my late husband was taken prisoner at Arnhem, he demanded that his handkerchief be returned to him, quoting, in German, a regulation – probably hastily made up….
@tom_mckinney have just got home after the 1st of 2 BTO breeding bird surveys on a north Norfolk farm. A morning rich in birdsong. Wonderful to arrive back to your recording.
【速報】【第2次予選の結果について|武蔵野市国際オルガンコンクール】
第2次予選の結果、5名が本選に進むことが決定いたしました。(アルファベット順)
本選は17日(日)13:00開始です。
5 organists will advance to the Finals!(Alphabetical order)
Finals will be held on 17 Sep, 13:00-.
@last_of_england Welcome back! Great to see your name in Brampton’s visitor book. Back scything the churchyard this morning (sorry for the ‘rough and ready’ look when you dropped by!)
@PetrocTrelawny on the subject of moons and from the ever fascinating blog of Anglo-Saxon scholar Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford the Old English name for October is Winterfylleð, supposedly because this month contains the first full moon of winter. (Pron: winter-fly-leth).
@andrewsp2009 Alan Sorrell’s masterly reconstructions had an immense impact and seemed to the constant guide to me as a history-mad castle-crawling youth.
@gemimsy conjures up the pleasures of a seal-accompanied bucket & spade holiday in Norfolk (I particularly liked the evocative image of the smell of the deep-fat frier…!). Sometimes we have to celebrate success… https://t.co/c04ZnEbJAl