REGRET

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TOO TRUE

THE GOOD-MORROW

An uplifting poem from one of England`s greatest poets. Love doesn't need a day set aside like St. Platitude's day on the 14th February. We are individuals, we are lovers, we are not homogenised cartons of milk on a supermarket shelf. Lovers don't`need to be told to celebrate love - this is done naturally 365/6 days a year. Still, I suppose for the manufacturers of sugary sentimentalised tat , Dr Seuss verse-like cards and the suppliers of red roses - enough to give one diabetes at 100 yards, it affords them to celebrate their love: love of money. End of missive!

The Good-Morrow

BY JOHN DONNE

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I

Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then?

But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?

Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den?

’Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be.

If ever any beauty I did see,

Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.


And now good-morrow to our waking souls,

Which watch not one another out of fear;

For love, all love of other sights controls,

And makes one little room an everywhere.

Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,

Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,

Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.


My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,

And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;

Where can we find two better hemispheres,

Without sharp north, without declining west?

Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;

If our two loves be one, or, thou and I

Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.

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A YEAR AGO...

"A year ago today I was with my overnight bag down in glorious Devon and then Gloucester. I've since discarded the old bag for a more attractive, durable, stable and trustworthy one. The old one was last seen being shared by two or three owners."

George "Damocles" Richardson. Contrarian. 1914. On the eve of the war.

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REBECCA WEST

Her relationship with H.G Wells with whom she borne a son is renowned. More on this remarkable woman to come.

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ICONIC IMAGES

THE CANDIDATES DEBATE

Mike was still the strongest by a country mile. However, taking nothing for granted.

ICONIC IMAGE

Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested attempting to enter Buckingham Palace 21st May 1914. Chief Inspector Rolfe, the officer arresting her, died two weeks later of a heart attack.

VENETIA STANLEY. REFERENCE TO THE PENGUIN.

Venetia Stanley was an important part in Asquith's personal and political life. She was his "darling". His letters to her, outlining his thoughts and feelings towards events and his political contemporaries are a valuable historical source.

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Asquith with the love of his life his "darling" Venetia Stanley and her pet penguin. He 61, she 26. Naturally Asquith's wife, Margot disapproved of their bond.

100 years ago today...

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THE HOBBLE SKIRT

Queen Mary wanted them banned from society in its strict sense as women found them difficult to curtsy whilst wearing them. A suffragette's skirt of choice as it lended mobility and ease of access through doors and windows whilst hacking works of art.