Posts Tagged: WW2

  • An image of the Belle Dame Sans Merci with a verse superimposed I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful—a faery’s child, Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. A shortened version of gloaming, gloam is used in the poem.

    Gloaming in Guernsey and Tasmania

    Gloaming in Guernsey Part of my summer reading over Christmas and New Year (2019-2020) has been The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It is a delightful novel set in the immediate post-war period on the channel island of Guernsey. Although quite a light novel, its plot slowly and cleverly unfolds the tragedies made […]

  • Afraid of the dark, Lagerboy. Photoshopped Hobgoblin advertisement from Wychwood Brewery.

    Advertising hobgoblins

    What is a hobgoblin A hobgoblin is a mythological or magical sprite (an elf or fairy) that is smaller than a goblin but far more mischievous. (It is a common mistake to think that a hobgoblin is larger than a goblin.) The goblin, apparently, originated in France, as a Gobelin, a particular sprite haunting parts […]