Been somewhat busy today; trying to clean after I found a most unwelcome visitor in my room. It was on one of the boxes and I was too slow in flushing it down the toilet so it disappeared again. Been trying to look for it in the house.

I had some thoughts about the British monarchy and the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, along with the politickin' of the Vatican, but I may not have a chance to publish them. In the meantime...

Peter Hitchens, Pop goes the Monarchy: The Queen listened to Paul McCartney - and I heard the end of the Royal Family
Brendan O’Neill, The revolutionary potential of the Queen’s English