Blogging the Magna Carta #21 As part of his reconciliation with the Pope, King John promised to lead a crusade once peace returned to England. A crusade was a sacred vow. All members of Christendom were expected, on pain of … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford The Roman Catholic Church owned almost as much land in England as the king. And men of wealth and power kept giving them more! Part of this was a hope that by founding an abbey they’d … Continue reading
I have a thing for fiction about nuns, and a quiet admiration mixed with puzzlement. I can only imagine the shape of what drives a woman to devote her life to God. A caveat before I wander off into convent … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford Presuming you’ve all had a chance to check out Guardian of the Trust Merlin’s Descendants #2 http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/MD2-Guardian-of-the-Trust-by-Irene-Radford on sale at Book View Cafe and have seen how I tried to incorporate the Magna Carta into the … Continue reading
The Arts have been suffering under our marvellous Coalition government for a long time. Until now, literature copped the biggest hiding, but now, small companies in other sectors are joining us and we really don’t want company in starving in … Continue reading
By Phyllis Irene Radford This is a republication of an older blog series. Since these first posted in 2012 I have combine all the posts into a Book View Cafe edition “Magna Bloody Carta” https://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/magna-bloody-carta/ I have also published through … Continue reading
At FOGcon last week, a group of us did a panel rooted in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed that discussed what kind of economic systems might develop in the future. We did a good job of scratching the surface … Continue reading
We were all so sane and calm and efficient until now. An exemplary people doing amazing things in a terribly trying time. My friend Conor, who visited his parents for Christmas and spent the early part of the year defending … Continue reading
Today’s blog subject has the potential of shunting me off on many tangents because my “flight of ideas” disorder, (recognized to following generations as “attention deficit disorder”) often compels me to explore all the forks in the roads. I will … Continue reading
There are some very big subjects that our lives centre around right now in Australia. I don’t want to talk about them. They’re full of difficulty and emotion and… it’s exhausting even thinking about them, to be honest. I can’t … Continue reading
