My Facebook friend, Amy Boucher-Pye of the Woman Alive Book Club on FB, has written a book (recommended) called “Finding Myself in Britain”. It’s a light-hearted Christian memoir about being an American living in Britain as the wife of a vicar, the resultant culture clashes,...
A while back, I wrote a blog post here: https://www.penelopewallace.com/two-things-i-dislike-about-facebook/. I began by saying: I am finding Facebook, although terrifyingly time-wasting, a source of a lot of innocent fun, gossip and useful information (as well as those pesky cats). I am still refusing to wish everyone a...
There are so many exciting and inspiring stories in the Bible – wouldn’t it be good if someone occasionally made a popular film out of one of them? Well, in 2014 someone did, a film which I somehow missed watching or reading reviews of. This was...
(After last week's froth, something rather darker. Warning: contents may distress or disturb.) In December last year, a sentencing judge said to a woman who had defrauded and attempted to murder her sister, “Quite frankly, you are evil.” Judges do say this kind of thing, and I...
This post is a day early, because tomorrow I shall be at a family event in Birmingham. I am finding Facebook, although terrifyingly time-wasting, a source of a lot of innocent fun, gossip and useful information (as well as those pesky cats). (I'm still refusing to...
Greetings on a sad day. International Last night someone in a lorry mowed down and killed eighty-four people who were celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. May God help the bereaved and injured, the security services, politicians and media in France, and anyone in the country who is or...
So I switched on the TV this morning, and found that the UK had voted to leave the EU. I have not made any secret of my own view, and so this result frightens and upsets me. (Of course I could be wrong.) As I keep telling...
The wonderful American etiquette writer Miss Manners once received a query from someone who was worried about what to do when shown photos of her friend’s ugly grandchild. Should she lie? Miss Manners responded, “It is not a lie. All brides and all babies are...
NB This post is two days late, due to weekend gallivant to Hereford and Worcester, and technical difficulties. My apologies. Last week was Christian Aid Week, as I’m sure you know. I went out to collect from my usual street, which I’ve been visiting for somewhere...
(By the way, thank you to all who commented on last week's post, including Mike, whose comment was to lend me a book. I may revert to the topic soon.) This is not a review of “Captain America: Civil War”, as I am not qualified...