The full text of MacDuff's speech to the European Parliament

Hey whats this all f…ng aboot, Belgium is the most f……ng boring f………ng country in the f………ng world, smaller than my fingernail, see, eh? F………ng joke. Luxembourg, eh? There’s another f………ng joke, had the f………ng nerve to host the Eurovision f……ng song contest, no even a f……ng coastline but had a f……ng ship though, eh? Radio f……ng Luxembourg, f……ng joke, f………ng shocking, ken.

Hares

Never seen them till this time last year. Appearing all the time to me now.


The Hare


Driving the pass at midnight,
emptiness rolling everywhere
like oil, we meet a hare.
Framed in the false moon of yellow light

it runs ahead of us, keeps close by
for miles through the glen,
ghostly in the car’s eye,
wild and perfect

and beyond reach. We stop at last
and watch it go, wavering still
between possibilities: the foothills
and the field of stars.

Medieval Day

Apologies for being a useless blogger. Much going on, literary wise and at work. Off to New York tonight. Recently held a Medieval Day at the school, though without plague, famine, pestilence etc...Nevertheless we managed story telling, stained glass, music, archery, falconry, a hog roast, a medieval walking tour and much more.