On a country walk today the hedgerows are frothy with the prettiest of white blossom – up close it’s like miniature cherry blossom, and in fact it shares the same genus as cherry, Prunus. It’s our native Prunus Spinosa, or blackthorn, whose wood was traditionally used to make shillelaghs. I remember miniature versions of these varnished and sold as souvenirs to spendy tourists, but the shillelagh, Google tells me, was in former times used to settle disputes ‘in a gentlemanly manner’, and modern students of self defence practice its use as a martial art. Which probably says a lot about where we are as a nation when you think about it. But I digress.
all right, thank you for watching. don t forget to put years dvr. see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. judea, samaria, the west bank, the biblical holy land for jews, christians and muslims. walls, checkpoints and borders. occupati occupation, settlement, liberation or landgrab. what the truth is depends on where you sit, who you listen to and the facts on the ground. we are on the ground to get the real story.
all right, thank you for watching. don t forget to put years dvr. see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. judea, samaria, the west bank, the biblical holy land for jews, christians and muslims. walls, checkpoints and borders. occupation, settlements, liberation, or land grab? what the truth is depends on where you sit, who you listen to, and the facts on the ground. we re on the ground to get the real story.
watching. don t forget to put years dvr. see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. judea, samaria, the west bank, the biblical holy land for jews, christians and muslims. walls, checkpoints and borders. occupation, settlements, liberation, or land grab? what the truth is depends on where you sit, who you listen to, and the facts on the ground. we re on the ground to get the real story.