Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable.
- Christopher Howse: 'A Pilgrim in Spain'
Covid
The UK. Click here for Twenty anniversary events that confirm Johnson’s criminal negligence . . . From an ever-so-slightly biased Alastair Campbell
Spain. And click here for: A Postcard from Madrid: Tapas and beer in abundance — but infection rates remain sky-high.
Cosas de España
HT to Lenox Napier of for this item. A government department has been responsible for paying money to the various lovers of the ex-King. Various sources affirm his lovers or liaisons could be counted in the thousands. The problem is these affairs have involved public money. A bit of a contrast with the Duke of Edinburgh, as far as we know.
Cousas de Galiza
Maria's Tsunami: Days 40&41
The UK
One of the more publishable efforts doing the rounds . . .
The UK and Brexit
Brava Brexit Blues. TBH, I have little sympathy for those who chose to live below the radar and now can’t.
The USA
Nothing unites Americans more than the idea royals are more racist than them. See the article here.
The Way of the World
Nice quotes:-
- What needs to be set against the huge positives brought by the internet is the loss of perspective, especially among the young.
- The ability to o keep a sense of perspective on issues of race and gender has become vanishingly rare.
Religious Nutters/Crooks Corner
Self-described “prophetess” Amanda Grace, who said last month that Trump was still president and the impeachment trial against him proved it, has now said that God let him lose the election in order to have more alone time with him. So that he'd become fully Christian. You have to laugh.
Finally . . . A Tribute, stolen from the Sunday Telegraph:-
Murray Walker's high-pitched enthusiasm and accidental gems were part of the soundtrack of our lives - a true great. His commentary was delivered with such enthusiasm that it led to amusing slip-ups that came to be known as "Murrayisms". Here's a selection of the best:-
"There's nothing wrong with the car, except it's on fire."
"Unless I'm very much mistaken. I am very much mistaken!"
"And now excuse me while I interrupt myself!"
"It's a sad ending, albeit a happy one, here at Montreal for today's Grand Prix."
"Two laps to go, then the action will begin. Unless this is the action, which it is."
"I'm ready to stop my startwatch."
"Do my eyes deceive me or is Senna's car sounding a bit rough?"
"And the first five places are filled with five different cars."
"The battle is well and truly on if it wasn't on before, and it certainly was."
"The young Ralf Schumacher has been upstaged by teenager Jenson Button, who is 20."
"The first four cars are both on the same tyres."
"I imagine that the conditions in those cars today are totally unimaginable."
"Tambay's hopes, which were absolutely nil before, are absolutely zero now."