Month: December 2021

24th December 2021 In General By Penelope Wallace

Recycled from five years ago, I’m afraid

Here I sit on Christmas Eve, and I haven't wrapped my presents yet, so I hope all will forgive me bringing back a post from December 2016, when I said: I would like to write a few words about Nahum Tate (1652-1715). The Wikipedia article on him...

10th December 2021 In General By Penelope Wallace

The guilty pleasure that is Bake Off

Many people took up new hobbies during lockdown, eighteen months ago. One young man (real name Will Chirag, but now known to millions as Chigs) decided to take up baking. On Tuesday 23rd November, he amazingly reached the final of the Great British Bake-Off, which is...