Penelope Wallace

8th February 2024 In Ragaris books By Penelope Wallace

Death in Ragaris

“Seven days to bawl and weep; Seven weeks you’ll sorrow keep Pray for their soul for half a year; but when a twelvemonth’s passed – Lift a cup and shed one tear.” (Fallian rhyme) Some time ago, I posted https://www.penelopewallace.com/christmas-in-ragaris/about Christmas in the different parts of Ragaris. Book four...

3rd January 2024 In Books By Penelope Wallace

Charlotte M Yonge, also featuring Anthony Trollope

Happy New Year! So… I promised a blog post on Charlotte M Yonge (1823 – 1901) in the year of her bicentenary, and I’ve missed the deadline by three days. Alas. Regular readers of this blog may recall that she was an extremely prolific Victorian novelist, most...

17th October 2023 In Books By Penelope Wallace

Re-interpreting Greek myth

At this time when the world seems to be in an even more deplorable state than usual, I will use my space to be grumpy about modern literature. I’ve been reading "Stone Blind", by Natalie Haynes, a retelling of the Greek legend of Medusa, the Gorgon...

1st August 2023 In Christianity By Penelope Wallace

Possible reasons for the C of E’s appalling record

I have recently attended safeguarding training, run by the Church of England, and it included homework before, between sessions and afterwards. So I have as required watched the harrowing 2-part documentary “Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret," dealing with the serial abuser Peter Ball, former Bishop...

23rd June 2023 In Ragaris books By Penelope Wallace

An early page of “Tell Me Your Name”

It does seem a long time since I drafted a post, and I can only apologise. Life is being rather busy at the moment, and I can't think of anything particularly original to say about current events. Some progress (still slow) is however being made on...

6th May 2023 In Christianity, General By Penelope Wallace

Penny Mordaunt and the Prophet Nahum

It was interesting that the Coronation came two days after the local elections. Regular readers of this blog may not be surprised that I was pleased by Labour gains, hee hee gloat gloat. I did also watch the Coronation. I had various thoughts during this long...