Archive for the ‘ England ’ Category
Terence Davies, from “Of Time and the City’ [ READ MORE ]
Over 1 million on the Mall and around Buckingham palace. It was fantastic and I was there with friends. This is part two. The last few minutes the fireworks are set off to Music for the Royal Fireworks – George Fridric Handel 1749 [ READ MORE ]
Laurence Olivier narrates in 4 parts. Wonderful tradition and solemnity, music and pagentry rooted in British history and perhaps more appreciated by the Brits. because it is our living history. [ READ MORE ]
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Reflecting on growing up in Liverpool. This clip features Angela Gheorghulua singing “Watch and Pray’ [ READ MORE ]
MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: ’Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,— That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows [ READ MORE ]
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love; The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test, That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; The love that never falters, the love that pays the price, The love that makes undaunted the final [ READ MORE ]