I care not a fig about the particulars of the American political situation, but I will point out that Prince Frederick, son of George III, became Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück at the age of 6 months. Don't let you age hold you back. If he could do it, you can do it.

HRH The Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh is visiting PEI currently, celebrating one of his Regiments - the PEI Regiment. As Jeff Thiessen points out, he is wearing his Saskatchewan Order of Merit. HRH is also the Colonel in Chief of Moose Jaw’s Saskatchewan Dragoons. We hosted

Happy Canada Day, all! Here's to the fair Dominion and all who love her. Cheers to the next 158 years! God save our King and heaven bless the Maple Leaf forever!

A Prayer for Dominion Day. From the Prayer Book Society of Canada.

An important but seldom-discussed index of Western cultural decline is that few schools, especially religious ones, are able to produce decent—let alone great—clerks of necromancy these days.

Come on in, boys, the water is fine.

I miss the good old days when, if you wanted to inaugurate a golden age, you commissioned the Aeneid.

The Redcoat posting will continue until morale improves.

Didn't know this. 'The Mary Ellen Carter' is my favourite Stan Rogers song, not least because it's a sure spirit-raiser.

The House of Commons is Redcoat-posting. Can you feel it, friend? Can you feel your morale improving?

Looks like there may be more opportunities for Redcoat-posting over the coming days, as Lord Strathcona's Horse mounts guard for HM the King.

Lord Strathcona's Horse mounts guard for Canada's Sovereign in London. Another good day for Redcoat-posting, which will continue until morale improves.

I know some churches near the coast have votive ships hanging from their ceilings, but do any churches near airfields have votive Spitfires? If not, they really should.

Prognostication really isn't what it used to be. My go-to haruspex, for instance, keeps pestering me to subscribe to his Substack, 'The Inside Scoop'.