Manx Cats

Only 33 people speak Manx, acording to the 2011 Census......

The Isle of Man

Last Legs? Only 33 people still speak Manx , according to the 2011 Census

The Queen Abdicates

 

No, not that Queen, Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands has stepped down for her son, Prince Willem

RIP Violet Philpott, Puppeteer & Clown

Farewell to Violet Philpott (1922-2013), creator of Zippy and unseen hand behind many children's puppets

Hand of Zippy

Farewell to Violet Philpott, puppeteer and creator of Zippy...

Novelty Snowmen

Snowmen spotting 2013

A Wee Dram to Robert Burns

See: http://www.folkworld.de/39/e/burns1.html In 1781, 22-year-old Robert Burns went to Irvine, a coastal town in North Ayrshire, to learn the trade of flax-combing. In Irvine Burns encountered 3 "fires"; he lost all his possessions by burning, he lost his virginity, and he tasted the drink that was coming down from the Highlands and was called uisce beatha, the water of life! O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut And Rob and Allen cam to see; Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night, Ye wadna found in Christendie. Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A cuckold, coward loun is he! Wha first beside his chair shall fa', He is the King amang us three.