Goodness! There is a real touch of Autumn about this morning, though the sun is shining and there is an air of bonhomie about the town. As is customary in August, the young bucks of Barchester, having traded in their…
Now and again I venture into the kitchen to bake a fresh batch of hobnobs, but in truth this is the domain of our cook, the irrepressible Mrs. Giblets, who…
Goodness! There I was at morning service, singing the last verse of ‘Love Divine, All Loves Excelling’, the bit where we ‘…cast our crowns before Thee’, when my thoughts turned…
O tempora O mores! Make tea, eat hobnobs and read on… Consider, my dears, the Girl Guides. Once a decent and wholesome organisation dedicated to home-making, social skills, musical accomplishment,…
Now where did I leave that perfume bottle..? Ahem… Goodness! Well my dears, I hope you are all enjoying the weather. I must confess bombazine is not the most-summery of…
My, oh, my, what an eventful week! We have had an extraordinary number of visitors wishing to see the cathedral, no doubt spurred on by the wonderful weather. The Archdeacon…
Good grief! Imagine my horror when, scanning the increasingly turgid pages of The Jupiter (avoiding the page three daguerreotype of a scantily-clad Cora Pearl) I discovered the shameful plot to…
Goodness! Well thinks do seem to be hotting up, what with the glorious weather and the fires sweeping across the moorland ‘Up North’ sparked off by all the hot air…
It is a little-known fact that Mrs. Dismay began her career as a probationary teacher at Dr. Wortle’s School here in Barset. It was there that she perfected the art…
A happy and blessed weekend to you all. I’ve no idea what to write about this week as nothing much seems to be happening out there beyond the Barchester bubble,…
Goodness! Lambeth has gone completely loopy! “I have a dream,” said Cantuar the other day. I was all agog – I mean, we all have funny dreams about hippos driving…
Lawks a-mercy! There was quite a kerfuffle outside Barchester Assizes the other day, one which is having repercussions over the whole county. Inside the courtroom, nine non-indigenous ‘shepherds’ were standing…
My dears, I must confess it gets harder to write these weekly missives without offending someone. One tries to poke fun and hold our betters to account with humour, but…
Royal Wedding Edition Goodness! Such excitement! Such splendour! We certainly know how to do pomp and circumstance in this country, as I am sure you will agree, and what could…
Goodness! Still doubt the world has gone insane? Consider this: the Sentencing Council for Great Britain (who the hell are they?) are proposing harsher sentences for those promoting ‘hostility’ towards…
Rejoice! We have a new prince, and the Royal Family are blessed yet again, as indeed is the nation! I am pleased to report Barchester is celebrating in traditional style.…
Goodness! Its all happening in London, my dears, it really is! Thanks to the multi-cultural charivari of recent years, there is so much vibrant street theatre to entertain and astound.…
Goodness! How busy I have been this week, helping my Lord the Bishop put together the shortlist for the Barchester Awards, when the cathedral recognises the good works of those…
Goodness! Whenever in the kitchen making jelly my thoughts turn naturally to Archbishop Welby, who wobbles about on so many issues. I am knitting him a new backbone and will…