tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post7751615341426406359..comments2024-03-23T16:18:34.397+00:00Comments on Where Five Valleys Meet: The ElizabethansRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-50490727421063926092011-12-30T23:12:27.414+00:002011-12-30T23:12:27.414+00:00Dear Laura, many thanks for your comment. We shoul...Dear Laura, many thanks for your comment. We should never cease to be aware of the differences in the nations making up the EU, while at the same time striving to come together in a common cause. My wife reminds me from time to time that there are far greater obstacles to a United States of Europe than were encountered in the creation of the USA. - H (Rosemary's husband - guest blogger).Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-13863414246530019452011-12-30T21:10:39.758+00:002011-12-30T21:10:39.758+00:00belated thanks for this fascinating post. You'...belated thanks for this fascinating post. You've put your finger on a never to be underestimated element of Englishness. Not so much a parting of the ways as the waves!Laura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-16512306914958362042011-12-20T14:00:08.962+00:002011-12-20T14:00:08.962+00:00Thanks. Your comment much appreciated - HThanks. Your comment much appreciated - HRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-15999857437675271712011-12-20T13:41:08.486+00:002011-12-20T13:41:08.486+00:00A wonderful post. Thanks for sharing.A wonderful post. Thanks for sharing.Fotokarusellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983890667827136017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-77640967940336548052011-12-19T17:35:46.787+00:002011-12-19T17:35:46.787+00:00Carolyn - I'm grateful for the supportive resp...Carolyn - I'm grateful for the supportive response. Occasionally some pivotal event focusses the mind on what it is in the national character that led us into it, or out of it, as the case may be. Neville Chamberlain's return from Munich in 1938 is a case in point - a yearning for peace taking priority over perhaps more creditable instincts. Does this example discount my thesis that Britishness predicates the stance taken in such instances?<br />Probably, yes! What dictates the national mood - such as a country's commitment to measures aimed at halting climate change?Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-19103822724698646672011-12-19T15:10:41.294+00:002011-12-19T15:10:41.294+00:00Really interesting "H". Your comments a...Really interesting "H". Your comments are always thoughtful & contain a deep understanding of the facts.<br />CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-8227521457694615832011-12-18T19:53:06.820+00:002011-12-18T19:53:06.820+00:00Hi Mark - I like that. How did the carpenter expec...Hi Mark - I like that. How did the carpenter expect you to respond eg. This could cost me more than I expected? or Is this guy really up to the Job, I should perhaps have tried someone else?<br />In reality he had probably just got used to using the expression - H.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-1285618244306499372011-12-18T19:47:13.077+00:002011-12-18T19:47:13.077+00:00Dear Jane and Lance, many thanks for your positive...Dear Jane and Lance, many thanks for your positive response to the basic premise re: the bloody-mindedness of the Brits. The actuality is that I'm also a supporter of greater European integration - being only too conscious of the human toll in past conflicts - H.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-54580045662929744772011-12-18T17:45:07.689+00:002011-12-18T17:45:07.689+00:00Hello Rosemary and H:
We have enjoyed this most in...Hello Rosemary and H:<br />We have enjoyed this most interesting post and the clever way in which events of the past have been tied to recent skirmishes in Brussels.<br /><br />Whilst we agree that the position adopted by Cameron 'on behalf' of Britain was most probably to be expected, we personally grow weary of British posturing against Europe and just wish that a more comprehensively European standpoint could be adopted. Times change and Britain is now fighting well beyond her weight now in our view.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-43079265418757376252011-12-18T12:25:23.243+00:002011-12-18T12:25:23.243+00:00I am not familiar with the Home Guard series, but ...I am not familiar with the Home Guard series, but I do listen daily to the BBC news on National Public Radio. Corporal Jones reminds me a little of a carpenter my family employed on a regular basis. He began every single job by shaking his head and muttering, "This could be dicey!"Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-70809154135483357902011-12-18T10:31:17.758+00:002011-12-18T10:31:17.758+00:00Dear Mark - Yes. Because of the religious divide, ...Dear Mark - Yes. Because of the religious divide, Elizabeth I walked a tightrope for the whole of her reign, which restricted the commitment she could make to those closest to her. Thus, she never had a husband to share the burden of responsibility, and was jealous when a close member of her court entered into matrimony. Drake knew that it is an asset in a military leader to convey a sense of calm control, even when the odds are dire.<br />Unlike Corporal Jones in Dad's Army (Do you get recordings of this BBC Home Guard series in the US?). In any crisis Jones becomes a shivering wreck shouting - Don't Panic.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-14321183368101137242011-12-18T01:17:39.698+00:002011-12-18T01:17:39.698+00:00Dear Rosemary and H - Thanks for a post that very ...Dear Rosemary and H - Thanks for a post that very nicely ties together current events with the character of the nation.<br /><br />I've always been intrigued by Elizabeth I's masterful and deft use of power, and by the people who surrounded her. I especially enjoy the story of Sir Francis Drake finishing a game of lawn bowls as the Spanish Armada sailed into view. Talk about "Stay Calm and Carry On!"Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-78172122056578684502011-12-17T17:00:40.781+00:002011-12-17T17:00:40.781+00:00Antonio: Many thanks for your comment. Of course, ...Antonio: Many thanks for your comment. Of course, four hundred years ago Elizabeth I, as monarch, would have exercised enormous personal power whereas Elizabeth II today is a titular head, the power being exercised by the Prime Minister - H - Rosemary's husband.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046286238110595318.post-34365280238074714042011-12-17T16:26:04.350+00:002011-12-17T16:26:04.350+00:00Rosemary beautiful post.
tradition and strengthRosemary beautiful post.<br />tradition and strengthAntonio Machadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361402926011889482noreply@blogger.com