Well I never. A very
different portrait of John Wilkes than the one I'm used to; a noble man of
principle heroically opposing tyranny rather than an unprincipled irresponsible
rake only concerned with self-advancement. I'm not convinced, but it was interesting
to get a different perspective. Cash is an American Historian, and treats
Wilkes with a reverence usually reserved for the founding fathers.
Shamefully, this was
the first time I had read Cider With Rosie, although we did study some extracts
in school. It was lovely, an ode to a lost, enclosed world where little had
changed since christianity arrived in the valley - and even before then.
My latest Hobby That
Will Soon Be Abandoned is apples. We've had a glut this year, and I picked a
load at the weekend. Then went out and spent a fortune on a juicer, bottles,
funnels and so on. This weekend I'll get juicing- no doubt the crates of apples
will equate to one coke can's worth of juice, working out at a cost to me of
£200 a litre. . . .
