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Marc Woodhurst
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Musician and educator: lover of odd creatures, good ales, rare fruit and alphorns. Liberal, Anglican and internationalist. On the look out for hidden horns.
I’m so sorry, Margo. As an unbombed person I used to wonder how my Dad felt, age 7, listening to similar terror in the 40’s. I still can’t believe this has been allowed to go on so long.

There’ll many thinking of you all tonight: BBC radio is playing Pergolesi from Kyiv
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bet they got some good info on what that’s doing there…
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Kissabel? V tasty. You should try “Bloody Ploughman”, though you’d need a pretty special greengrocer to find one.
October 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Well, the extension with ballroom started in 1935. Not sure whether plans were announced earlier.
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oops, I hate to admit, but I may have found some Antifa ready for identification…
October 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
De Havilland aircraft 1936-8 Dragonfly vs 1941 Mosquito…
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Sunflowers bloom still
Where shiny chestnuts abound
In the old church-yard.

#DailyHaiku
September 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Now that is about as accidental as the Queen’s (god bless her) famous “EU Hat”
September 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This story, and the nature of who’s posting and promoting it absolutely stink of disinfo.
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
September 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I’m sorry, but from way over here on the fringes of Old Europe, seeing how the new US regime lines up makes me think of this image. Over and over.
September 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I don’t want to speak out of turn here, but Zelenskyy’s words those few years ago hold so much weight:
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It’s amazing how closely the actions of key members of the new US Regime create increased risks of war, famine and pestilence.
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You’ll never guess why people are searching for posts about “Chernobyl” (Chornobyl) tonight…
August 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There’s an English word for the sort of person who believes this kind of stuff. I forget, what is it now…?
August 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Always look at the hands, too…
August 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Beneath the fruit trees,
Where long grass strives for moisture
Ladybirds in droves.

#daikyhaiku
August 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In contrast this is a BBC News homepage worth keeping:
August 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Starmer could ask His Majesty to make him a Knight of the Bath and he could turn up like this - it would still be used as a set up: “Why didn’t you wear a suit last time then, eh?”
August 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If only Trump knew anything of Ukrainian history, like even seeing “Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks” would tell him how Ukrainian leaders respond to being railroaded.
August 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Correction, it was Prince Andrew for the Greenwich visit of the Neustrashimy.
August 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
July 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM