Peter G. Shilston's Blog

  Donald Trump's followers, and even Trump himself, have been quick to detect the hand of God in his narrow escape from assassination du...

This is my ideal women's cricket team, chosen from those currently playing. It is purely a list of those I most enjoy watching, regardle...

This strange little creature, in a piece of stained glass only a few inches square, can be seen in the southern entry to the church of St Ma...

  (The year is 1763, and Sir James Wilbrahim has suddenly fallen ill. The full text of the novel can be read at pgvshil.blogspot.com ) ........

There has been much online mockery of the suggestion of Donald Trump as the next Pope. I think this is unfair. I think Trump would make an e...

 The earliest theory of international trade is known as "Mercantilism". It first appeared in English writings in Tudor times, and ...

  March 25th is the Feast of the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary, as described in St. Luke's gospel...