Category Archives: England

Protected: Circumspice: Reflections in the Wren Chapel

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Facing Demons in Etruria

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Out to Fiumcino airport I went, thinking it would be easier to deal with a car rental there and get on to the E80 to Cerveteri and Tarquinia to look at the Etruscan tombs. Alas, Avis at FCO was an … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Boston, Cemeteries & Funerals, Classics, England, Italy, Language & Etymology, Music, Mythology, Oxford, Poetry, Rome, Sports & Games, Time | 1 Comment

High Hosey

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

The other day I asked my wife whether she had ever used the expression “high hosey,” as in “High hosey the front seat.” It means, in essence, to reserve or “call dibs on” something. Although she grew up in a … Continue reading →

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Semel et Semper

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Above the door of Cleveland Hall in Sewanee is the following heraldic device: According to A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland by John Burke and John Bernard Burke of London (as cited here), the Cleveland coat-of-arms is described as … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Belle on the Bill

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Orwell against mistreatment of prisoners

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

My last post concernted St. George as an avenger for justice, and in this month, as we process the Senate’s release of the Torture Report, another English George with similar convictions comes to mind. From an unpublished letter of George Orwell … Continue reading →

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“My Friend George”

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Lou Reed, I read in the Times, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next April. Various questions arise, of course, chief among which are, Isn’t he already in there? (yes, as a member of the … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Music | 5 Comments

Hrothgar’s Grave

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Go behind Bairnwick, toward a small stand of oaks and the swamp leading to Stirling’s, and you will see the gravestone of Hrothgar. Who was Hrothgar, you ask?  He was an English bulldog, much beloved in Sewanee over half a … Continue reading →

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Protected: Bye Bye Burdies?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: My World Cup Journal 2014

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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