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I’ve been out on my Suzuki Bandit. It’s the 600cc in-line four version. It is 22 years old so considered a veteran even though it looks two years old. It is a for-pleasure thing, not for commuting. I enjoy the … Continue reading →

July 2020 Things are changing very fast for me these days. I seem to have climbed out of the depression of the loss two years ago. The constant metronomic swing of sadness to managing has run down and left me … Continue reading →

The Bellot and Mountjoy court case is a curious thing. Bellot was suing Mountjoy, his father-in-law, for not paying him the promised dowry after the marriage in 1604. The discussions of marriage and dowries took place in Mountjoy’s house in … Continue reading →

Most people are sure that they know who London’s William Shakespeare was. Almost all of us have been told, all of our lives, that it was a man from Stratford-upon-Avon named William Shakspere. It is claimed that he went to … Continue reading →

This blog will  remain silent for the time being.

The first book I published, in 2016, has been withdrawn for updating in line with my discoveries since then. The second book, published last year, is a lot shorter and more to the point. It has all that I know … Continue reading →

A poem by Anthony Munday —————————– To Colin Cloute. Beautie sate bathing by a Spring. Where fayrest shades did hide her. The winds blew calme, the birds did sing, the coole streames ranne beside her. My wanton thoughts entic’dmine eye, … Continue reading →

This image is the one in the front of every copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare plays published in 1623. It was cut onto the printing plate by Martin Droeshout. his name is at the bottom of every print … Continue reading →