Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
1066 And All That
951 years on, and still, "It's pronounced "Shap-elle"."
Only here could the joke about Hyacinth Bucket's name have worked.
All sorts of things about these Islands can be understood only by understanding that.
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