I see you your splendid sauce, and raise you…my cheeky chutney. Plums, ginger, garlic, chillies, and some whole black peppercorns. Good (though I says it myself as shouldn’t) with crumbly white cheese, strong Cheddar, and cold roast pork.

Enjoyed two days of happy listening, learning and networking at the Society for Nautical Research’s ‘Bowlines’ conference at the magnificent Customs House, Exeter. Fascinating presentations, but competing for my attention was the fabulous pargetted ceiling above us.

Peter McEnery, first seen in The Moon Spinners (1964).

Here is the schedule.

At least you’re not forced to wear a Christmas cravat, Obi.
Yours dispiritedly,
Milo and Liffey 🎄🙄🎄🙄🎄🙄

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Overcoming my Other Half’s bah-humbuggery, I’ve succeeded in getting a Christmas tree bought, brought home, installed and decorated with the glass animals, insects and sea creatures I bought year on year during my time at Oxford. Happy memories of a decade well spent.

Five years from flash to bang. 2019: receiving my DPhil, which #NAMR had supervised from its inception in my MSc dissertation. 2024: the book is delivered.
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And now: some fizz

Wheaties in full snoozle mode. Sadly, no sound effects, so you’re spared Liffey’s snoring…

Hi Helen. I’m late to the study of history (got my DPhil at 66), so I’ve not got a long track record of published work. In 6 days my book will be released, revealing the social conditions & lived experiences of the wives, mothers, sisters & sweethearts of 19C Royal Navy seamen.

Newly-arrived refugee from the Other Place. Counting down the days to 19 Nov when my ‘Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain’ is released into the wild.

Milo and Liffey say hi.