the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

all four foot eight of mavis ferguson-butler blocking out my light at clodock church

stormy weather over southwark bridge

mister butler's lamp

a red bull in herefordshire ...

... master of all he surveys

clodock churchyard lettering (one)

clodock churchyard lettering (2)

clodock churchyard lettering (3)

interior of the church at clodock

the vicar of clodock demands cash instead of kind

... and furthermore ...

... and was this symbol of peace meant to fit on the top ?

mavis ferguson-butler, aged ninety-something, but livelier than ever when she sniffs a bookshop

richard booth at hay-on-wye ... books bought anywhere in the world

the view toward the brecon beacons from hay common

the vale of ewyas

the tiny church of saint mary magdalene at capel-y-ffin

... in a deep valley ...

... shaded in a grove of ancient yew trees

madehurst church