Correspondence

Dear Lindsay H. Hoyle

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Thursday, 29 December 2022 Dear Lindsay H. Hoyle, I can well imagine your position in the House of Commons, surrounded on three sides by a mass of people, some seated, some trying to force their way through, all keen on getting and holding your attention, to be something of…


Dear Lee Anderson

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Wednesday, 28 December 2022 Dear Lee Anderson, I can only imagine what a surprise it must have been to be recognised by your parliamentary colleagues, and elevated to the glorious status of best Conservative backbench member of parliament this last week. I can also imagine that it came as…


Dear Robert A. Stewart

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Wednesday, 28 December 2022 Dear Robert A. Stewart, there are those who are role models and lead from the front, and those who merely spout propaganda and send their troops out to do a job they will not do themselves. I am sure, from your own experiences in Northern…


Dear Jacob Rees-Mogg

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Monday, 26 December 2022 Dear Jacob Rees-Mogg, I was most impressed to see, in a recent photo article in the press, that you were holding what appears to be a new publication concerning the ministerial position you have recently been appointed to. Sadly I haven’t been able to find…


Dear Charles P. Windsor

Buckingham Palace LONDON SW1A 1AA Monday, 26 December 2022 Dear Charles P. Windsor, it has been several decades since I last wrote to you, and was graced with a reply from one of your Secretaries, along with a copy of an excellent conservation speech you gave at the time. The country, and preservation of its…


Images Of Empty Streets

A true appreciation of life and the freedoms that we enjoy, for the most part, is only possible for many when those freedoms, when the benefits of society and the Rights which have been fought for over generations, are taken away from them through no fault of their own. The internet, which for some is…


And The Conversation Dies

I agree with your thoughts: developing a penfriend relationship, or any written friendship, is considerably harder than creating and maintaining a friendship where two people can meet, talk, and see one another face-to-face. It requires considerably more dedication, and patience, to keep a conversation alive, not just because of the unusual form it takes, but…


The Smallest Trace Of Earth, The Tiniest Drop Of Water

One of the greatest things we have been given is that of the imagination: the ability to put ourselves into a different time or place, to turn left or right, to view and experience something which we cannot physically touch, but which comes alive within our minds through our own efforts. I often think that…


I Was Never One For Hemingway

I’ll come straight out and say it the way it is: I was never one for Hemingway. For some reason his work has never appealed to me, although I will also admit to not having read a great deal of what he wrote during sober or not so sober moments. Shakespeare was one of the…


Great Minds Discuss Ideas

It is fair to say my time is, indeed, taken up with many things – including the dinner parties and meetings or discussions with friends that you mention in your letter – but also so arranged that I always have time to receive and read letters, and then make time to write a half-way decent…


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