Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope? (Pope Saint John Paul II)
Day: April 6, 2024
Napoleon and ABBA’s Waterloo
In one of those odd confluences of history, today marks the day in 1793 when the Committee of Public Safety – a modern ring, that – was formed during the French Revolution, under Robespierre. The Committee was responsible for sending untold thousands to the guillotine, for being ‘anti-revolution’, or even for having insufficient revolutionary sympathies.[…]
Nae Country Fer Young Men
As readers may know, Scotland is the land of my birth and early upbringing, and I have been back a number of times to the auld sod. The brogue is still somewhat natural to me, deep down, along with the memories of dreekit weather and salty sea air – regardless of where you are in[…]