Flâneur palliatif, history of medicine, rugby, cricket, Aquinas & other stuff. Oh, and gin. All tweets personal RT ≠ agreement/approval.
May 20 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
So yesterday was interesting. It shone an interesting light on how very online people like Owen Jones work.
A thread 🧵 1/
I make no apologies for the offending post. I still think OJ’s response to an octogenarian with cancer is unhinged but it bears further inspection 2/
Sep 28, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
So I’m just coming to the end of this and mention is made of Henry Coombe-Tennant, 1/7
Coombe-Tennant had a remarkable life. The son of a prominent Welsh political family, he took a double first in Moral Sciences at Cambridge, joined the Welsh Guards before the war and was captured at Boulogne in 1940 2/7
If we were allowed to go to Mass it’s likely we’d have a couple of verses of Faith of our Fathers today 1/15
“Faith of our Fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword:
Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word.
Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death!”
It’s exhilarating and urges one to heroic virtue. 2/15