March is probably the month which has more weather-related sayings than any other. One such is the saying that the…
The average man knows nothing about what will happen in the course of the year just begun. It is a…
n his Christmas message to the nation in 1939, King George VI quoted from a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins…
According to the poet John Keats (1795-1821), Autumn was “the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” [from his poem To…
The Summer is over and families are generally back from their holidays. This year’s holidays are happy memories and photographs.…
A greater glory At the end of this month, our newspapers and TV screens will be full of all the…
Precision Timing In June, the country is marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, which took place on 6 June…
Whose world is it? At times, people are asked in surveys: “What was the highlight of your week?” or “What was the…
God keeps His promises Over the past few years, British weather hasconsisted of a mixture of long periods of summer sunshine, and of…
By the River Jordan Northamptonshire has quite a number of small, apparently insignificant rivers. Most of the county’s villages seem to…