English

Vocabulary list

“rêvassait à la croisée ouverte”:”he was daydreaming by the open window”, “baiser à peine assagi”:”kisses scarcely mellowed”, “alitée”:”bedridden”, “gisant”:”laid-out”, “gerbe”:”lock of hair”, “natte”:”mat”, “se brouille et s’effondre”:”blur and collapse”, “renfrognée”:”scowling”, “persiennes”:”shutters”, “charria la guirlande frêle”:”carried the frail garland”, “bruine fréquente…

Alistair talking on Burns

https://4legsradio.org.uk/2023/01/19/whats-on-2023-01-20/           [0:00] – Penny That was My Love is like a Red, Red Rose by sung by Kenneth McKellar. And we’re playing this today because we’ve got Alistair Mills in the studio with us to…

The Cray Y-MP EL: An overview

Cray Logo

At the end of a virtual tour of The National Museum of Computing, I saw an old friend. Standing quietly by the very impressive Cray-1 from the Royal Aircraft Establishment was a grey and red cabinet about 5 feet tall…

Immortal Memory

An example of a speech to propose a toast to “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns” This speech was delivered at a Burns Supper in Abingdon in January 2019. In my day to day life, two of my favourite sources…

Burns Supper

Pre-prandial Robert Burns If you would like an evening of eating, drinking, talking, poetry, singing and dancing, a Burns Supper may be just the ticket, even if it has to be at home this year. Here, Alistair Mills explains how…

Wedding Anniversary

To celebrate our wedding anniversary, I asked Chris to play Kenneth McKellar singing “My love is like a red-red rose”. He did us proud. Here is what he said, and just a little bit of Kenneth McKellar. Because of copyright,…

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