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Went back to St Mary's Church Castle Street this evening. Must say it was much better. The non-singable hymns; the long, boring sermon; the which-art in heaven version of the Lord's Prayer, and He descended into Hell version of the creed. It was exquisite agony.

Posthumus seems like a very odd name to me. Probably nothing in it though. I keep thinking posthumous.

I went to a Roman Catholic church in the middle of town this morning. It was quite full, but most people were either South Asian or African. It was not a very traditional service, I don't think. Hymns and psalms were accompanied by guitar. The priest faced the congregation. I was surprised one of the readings was from the Revelations. That is a book best quietly ignored. I doubt I will return.

I am finding this play sort of interesting. I have read De Bello Gallico by Julius Caesar. When it came to the British invasion, the bits I found most interesting were that the people of Kent coloured themselves blue, shaved themselves from the lower lip down, and shared wives between brothers.

Yes, it works on my PC, laptop and iPhone.

I was reading in the introduction that the play might be considered subtle propaganda on behalf of King James. King James wanted to unite the English and Scottish kingdoms. This play makes us think of ourselves as Britons.

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If I try click into https://www.bookclubforum.co.uk then nothing happens. However if I type https://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/ into the URL then it loads up.

I am still having problems. When I tried logging into the site from my PC again, I couldn't. I have just tried logging into the website using my work laptop, which runs Window 10, using the Microsoft Edge browser. I am in London. Still have a blank, white screen. Just tried to access the website using my work iPhone. Cannot access it that neither. I can only get access on my personal smartphone, which runs Android.

I was interested to read some more about church economics, but I have only found two books: The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Economics. Looks quite interesting but costs £125. The Coming Revolution in Church Economics. Affordable, but since it is written by an American I do not suppose it explains the situation in Britain very well.

I have been allowed on by my Firefox browser just now, but not my Chrome browser.

I struggle to get into this website. I can from my Android smartphone. I can't access the website from Firefox or Chrome on my PC, which is running Ubuntu Linux. I cannot access it from my laptop running Windows 10 using the Microsoft Edge browser. Since the latest update, I have occasionally been able to access this website from my PC, but usually the page stays blank.

The stolen bracelet reminds me of the stolen handkerchief in Othello. I thought a bit too much was made of the handkerchief, but a stolen bracelet would be more difficult to explain. In addition, his knowing of those marks on Innogen's breast would be very difficult to explain. There was a bit of fruity language in Act 2 Scene 3. When Victorians revived the play I wonder if they cut that out.

When I used to go to church in the 80s, the congregation about filled a third of the church, and they were mostly elderly. When I recently started going again, the churches seemed at least as full, maybe a bit fuller. Again they are mostly elderly. The main difference is that there are more non-whites. It is difficult to believe they are all giving a tenth of their income to the church.

Richard III was creepy and horrible, but no one could see through him except his mother. He was like Jimmy Savile. No one could see through him except Johnny Rotten. I read in the introduction that the play could be subtle propaganda, or at least pleasing to the king. King James wanted to unite England and Scotland into one kingdom. Cymbeline introduces the idea of this island as Britain and the inhabitants as Britons.

I often wonder about church economics. In Reading I have seen lots of pubs close down, but not churches. When I used to go in the 80s, I assumed the church's main income was the collection. The majority of the churches I have been to recently have not even taken a collection. I understand the Church of England has a lot of investments, but what about all the other churches: Methodists, Baptists, United Reformed Church, Catholics and others. Churches are big buildings. The land they are on must be worth a lot. I noticed in Reading, various branches of the Orthodox Church have rented former Anglican churches. There is even a new independent church that took over a former snooker hall. Where do they get the money?

I thought Iachimo was going to rape Innogen. He doesn't, but he has a good look at her. Also, I was disturbed that Innogen turns down the pages of the books she reads. I hope that doesn't mean she folds the corners down.

Yes, you're right, Ian McKellen. I did not think much of that film. I thought that scene was ridiculous. I could not understand why everyone thought he was so great when he seemed to be so creepy and horrible. I thought Maggie Smith was good. I liked the song, and being interested in aircraft, I liked the Blenheim bomber and the de Havilland Rapide.

I once watched the film version of Richard III with Leo McKellen. The scene where Iachimo tried to seduce Innogen reminded me of the scene near the start of Richard III in which Richard seduced the wife of the man he had just killed. I did not think that was very likely, especially the Leo McKellen played him.

Tom Jones was long, but the characters were not particularly given to long speeches. Robinson Crusoe and The Monk were normal length novels. I seem to remember Humphry Clinker was too. Humphry Clinker was another epistolary novel, so it is one person holding forth at a time. I do not remember it being verbose. Clarissa is a bit repetitive, and it takes a long time before anything happens and the scene shifts. Clarissa makes the same complaints time and again. Their letters are often long, particularly between Clarissa and her friend, Miss Howe.

I finished Clarissa. It is an amazing book, like nothing else I have read. I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads. It is, nevertheless, verbose. The heroine is a little unbelievable, at least she would be for this day and age. I doubt a book like Clarissa would ever be published now. I am sure editors would demand it was edited down.

That would disconcert me too. What really worries me is getting signed up for something expensive. I went to one church where the guest preacher was a missionary to Burundi. He sent around a sheet for the congregation to write down their email addresses. I did give them a valid email address, but one I rarely open.

Went to the local Salvation Army church yesterday. Cannot say I really liked it. Bits of it were a bit happy clappy. I could not work out how to sing the hymns because of the brass band. They brought some kids up on stage and asked them some questions which had some pretty obvious approved answers. I would have loved them to get one wrong. The only tricky one was whether church was sometimes boring. When I was a child I would not have known what the approved answer was, but as the adults were helping them by showing thumbs up, they got it right.

Cloten, the queen's son, is a boorish man with BO. I would have thought everyone had B.O. back then.

Innogen came through that test. Iachimo is up to no good. I am struggling to follow the dialogue.