Although Vietnamese is a tonal language which Europeans tend to find fiendishly difficult, some phrases are surprisingly easy to read. Go ahead, say it as it looks and should you encounter a passing Vietnamese they will be delighted and repeat the wish back to you. Chuc mung nam moi. Daughter No 1 was saying it […]

On Wednesday, the vicar gave an afternoon talk in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. These talks are very good not only in terms of intellectual content but also because they do a rather good half-time tea (choice of various teas or very good proper coffee and big slabs of lemon drizzle cake) which is just […]