Coronations, coronilla, and contrasts....

But oh, for a run of dry days so that we can get out to weed and plant, spray and sweep properly,

Yesterday, like thousands of other people in the UK (and across the world), I sat at home watching the Coronation of Charles III. I’m neither monarchist nor republican, but I have a fondness for the immediate royal family as a part of the British establishment that is always there, in the background. As so often, this ‘big’ occasion (and they don’t co…