Comments for Ramblings https://geoffreycrothall.com A Collection of Writing by Geoffrey Crothall Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Comment on The Ayatollah and the Gipper by A pie in the face or talk about the weather; How best to combat hate speech? – Ramblings https://geoffreycrothall.com/357.html#comment-8281 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:10:01 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=357#comment-8281 […] from the shadow cabinet immediately afterwards. Even that arch-enemy of liberals and progressives, Ronald Reagan in the 1980s could understand and appreciate the value of […]

]]> Comment on Bourne to Run: A prestigious sporting venue abandoned after a very gentlemanly coup by Welcome to Courtenay Country: A place where history is not quite what it seems – Ramblings https://geoffreycrothall.com/542.html#comment-7092 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:32:05 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=542#comment-7092 […] It is easy to see why Courtenay is still celebrated by the local community. He was without doubt a colourful character with more than a passing resemblance to Captain Jack Sparrow. But the man we know today as Sir William Courtenay was actually born “John Nichols Tom” in a small Cornish town in 1799. He spent his formative years in Cornwall working as a legal clerk and a malt trader, and made a name for himself as a talented cricketer. […]

]]> Comment on The Aldington Gang: A motley collection of colourful characters by Captain Swing: How a Kentish smuggling gang sparked a rural revolution – Ramblings https://geoffreycrothall.com/511.html#comment-6071 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:00:14 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=511#comment-6071 […] a nationwide rebellion. The revolutionary actors of the Elham Valley included former members of the notorious smuggling gang, the Blues, based in nearby Aldington on the fringes of Romney Marsh. The Blues disbanded after the arrest of […]

]]> Comment on Ewelme – A village on the wrong side of history by Cherry Howell https://geoffreycrothall.com/432.html#comment-4963 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:04:44 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=432#comment-4963 Fascinating story of Ewelme’s historical connection to Wars of the Roses, and subsequent Tudor intrigue! Thank you for this informative article.

I’m a South African British history fanatic… just love Philippa Gregory, Bernard Cornwell, Ken Follett and good old Jean Plaidy!
I’ve been to England several times (expensive for us South Africans) but never to Ewelme.
I’m reading Jocelyn Kettle’s ‘Memorial to the Duchess’ , reading about your famous Alice Chaucer, and came across your quaint town – so I Googled it!
Please add me to your electronic newsletter mailing list! I’ll visit you next time I’m in England!

Cherry Howell 🍒
Bathurst
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]]> Comment on A celebration of all things analogue: What we can learn from a Tokyo toilet cleaner by Albert Harsono https://geoffreycrothall.com/529.html#comment-4617 Mon, 06 May 2024 13:02:54 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=529#comment-4617 That’s a beautiful read. Thank you.

]]> Comment on A celebration of all things analogue: What we can learn from a Tokyo toilet cleaner by Furkan https://geoffreycrothall.com/529.html#comment-4568 Thu, 02 May 2024 08:06:10 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=529#comment-4568 I have never imagined myself that I am going to read a blog text about a movie without getting bored. However, you wrote it so perfect! It got more meaningful for me when you gave the example from your own life. I feel like we are missing the joy of life when we stuck between 1s and 0s. I imagine myself that I found a way out from this rat trap.
Thanks Scott.

]]> Comment on Bourne to Run: A prestigious sporting venue abandoned after a very gentlemanly coup by Lulu Yu https://geoffreycrothall.com/542.html#comment-4347 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:32:13 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=542#comment-4347 You’ve outdone yourself – by making a piece on cricket actually interesting!

]]> Comment on A celebration of all things analogue: What we can learn from a Tokyo toilet cleaner by Scott Savitt https://geoffreycrothall.com/529.html#comment-4045 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:49:57 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=529#comment-4045 I still love reading every word you write.

]]> Comment on Some thoughts inspired by a brief encounter with Yasser Arafat thirty years ago by Cynthia Carle https://geoffreycrothall.com/522.html#comment-4031 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:20:08 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=522#comment-4031 Thanks. Hoping same.

]]> Comment on A grumpy monkey’s bid for freedom by Cynthia Carle https://geoffreycrothall.com/516.html#comment-3929 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 18:59:19 +0000 https://geoffreycrothall.com/?p=516#comment-3929 Thank you.

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