Helen Griffiths

@WorkElizab A

Help me choose shoes for a summer wedding... lam going to a friend's wedding tomorrow

@ellafox_m Except Anne Elliott

really love that all of Austen's heroines share the same charming character trait of being thoroughly mediocre pianists

@SarahjevsEvans Pressed too soon. I hope that Sissy is not too lonely

@SarahjevsEvans Oh Sarah, that is awful; but you gave him a lovely little life. I hope that Is

With a broken💔I wanted to let everyone know that Boycee was put to sleep today😰.He had developed severe neurological problems which deteriorated rapidly.The vet believed that the breeders hadn’t given him the best start.Love you Boycee bach will c u again somedayx

@PerseusLeGrand Elle est deputé pour notre circonscription électorale. Il y a tout près de sa maison une fromagerie française et deux fromageries anglaises, toutes artisanales et excellentes.

Ils avaient choisi un babybel pour représenter la France. Il existe plus de 1200 variétés de fromages français. Un babybel.

@johnevigar Nice pub in the village as well

Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire

@WomackPhilip From my experience, girls would

Hmmm. I know the new Lord of the Flies is supposed to be brilliant. But the thing is... when I read it as an 11 year old (an experience I remember vividly), I just didn't believe it. That's not how boys would behave, I remember thinking.

@RoaringHammy Yes

My cousin says people who have destination weddings are a bit selfish because it puts financial pressure on their relatives and friends. Do you agree?

@DrFrancisYoung @SimoninSuffolk We learned it at primary school in 1976 and it has always stuck. Horrible feeling that wouldn't happen now

@SimoninSuffolk I must admit this is the only Eliot poem I've ever connected with (or understood) - but what a poem

The three Magi carry torches as they make their journey towards the Christchild, on the 12th Century font at Fincham, Norfolk. 'The Journey Of The Magi' by TS Eliot: A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.' And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages dirty and charging high prices: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness, And three trees on the low sky, And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow. Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel, Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver, And feet kicking the empty wine-skins. But there was no information, and so we continued And arriving at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you might say) satisfactory. All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death, But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.' FIncham: norfolkchurches.co.uk/fincham/fincha…

@SarahjevsEvans Legend.

Barry being carried down stairs for his breakfast 💖 miss you forever #bemorebarry

@SarahjevsEvans @Purrrperson They were the happiest and most loved cats. xxx

@Purrrperson Flash was six and had renal failure in July , Walter from port talbot had liver cancer in September and Barry oral cancer

Goodnight Barry 💔 Life or the Legion won’t ever be the same again. I hope you find a sunny spot up there with the gang. You were a legend. Until we meet again 💖 2011-2025

@SarahjevsEvans Oh no! I'm so sorry. Flash and Walter will be waiting in the heavenly Legion. Barry was a very special cat.

@London_W4 The conductor let my then six year old not only drive but also do the real announcements. Still his best day

Going underground, going underground. Look at me driving the train right now, underground in London. How wonderful is this? Turns out that driving a train underground is easier than I thought. I may even do a bit of knitting while I do it.

@SonyaDouglas yes!

Policy idea: no male refugees or asylum seekers from Afghanistan, and no male migration from India and Pakistan, until the Taliban releases Afghan women from social captivity India and Pakistan are best placed to put pressure on the regime We should be putting pressure on them

@LBFlyawayhome As an undergraduate I shared a house near the castle. Every time we passed, my historian housemate and I would recount this story, known better from the ladybird from anything we were supposed to be reading at the time

He’s not the best-known Ladybird artist, but I do love Roger Hall’s depiction of Matilda escaping the siege of Oxford through the snow

@London_W4 Try Petit Bateau

I thought I was being really smart coming to Harrods to get a gift for my eldest daughter’s baby shower tomorrow. It seems however, that I’ve entered an alternate universe. I loved the look of this cardigan for 6-9 month old babies. However, it’s £585.

@KEdge23 Today and always

Hands up if you support the British farmers today! 🙌🏼 🇬🇧

welcome in London for as long as it takes

@BellaBaddie__ Sunday nights when I was revising for A levels: "The Shock if the New" followed by "Brideshead Revisited"

What was the first series you were completely addicted to? The series that paused everything?

@CapelLofft @Madz_Grant @michaelgove @spectator I have a number of difficult people for whom to buy at Christmas. This year they will each receive a copy of your book. Thank you for making it so easy!

A v sound discussion of Advent & Christmas and the liturgical rhythms of the year on the 'Quite Right' podcast with @Madz_Grant & @michaelgove earlier. I note they will be discussing ideal Christmas gifts for @spectator readers next week. I have one idea...