Limentinus
Rituals, change and the dignity of small things.
Category: The Shape of Now
The Shape of Now explores how history, power, and deep structures shape the present through the
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I’ve no desire for dramatic superpowers. At my age, I’d settle for the quiet ability to get through life without losing my glasses, misplacing my keys or discovering yet another unexplained ache. No mystery, no destiny, no cosmic choreography, just the simple power to keep things ticking along. While others dream of flight or invisibility,…
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Perhaps it’s a British thing: keep calm, stay sensible, get on with it. While others hunt for signs and secrets, I’m quite content to sip my tea and assume the explanation is already lying somewhere obvious, waiting for someone practical to pick it up. Mystery? What Mystery? I’ve long accepted that I’m simply not built…
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St Gervase and St Protase were Milan’s most enigmatic martyrs, “twins” discovered by St Ambrose in 386 and carried far beyond their supposed origins. Their Norfolk dedication reveals how saints, relics, and stories travelled across medieval Europe, leaving quiet traces of Milanese imagination in English soil. You are here: Home › Contents › St Gervase…
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A neat phrase, isn’t it, “working together”? It sounds wholesome, cooperative, almost civic, but as Zach Polanski’s appearance on The Trevor Phillips Show reminded me, unity is rarely neutral. When rabbis and imams clasp hands in London, it’s presented as a triumph of interfaith harmony. History and the same‑sex marriage debates in the Lords, shows…
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Growing up in the shadow of the 1970s miners’ strikes, with a dad who ripped coal from the earth for a living, I learned early that politics isn’t abstract. It’s hunger, dignity, and survival. That’s why I vote every single time, because I’ve seen what happens when working people are ignored, and I refuse to…
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Purpose, Plans, and Other Things I Don’t Possess Lately I’ve been thinking about direction, mostly because everyone else seems to have some. Even the King, as another older man, moved on from his brisk tour of the United States, shaking hands, giving speeches, and generally looking as if he knows exactly where he’s meant to…
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“It’ll probably be fine” I’ve always envied people who claim to live their lives by inspirational quotes. You know the type. They have “Live, Laugh, Love” stencilled on the wall, or they post sunrise photos on Instagram with captions like “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” I’ve never managed that level…
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A gently mocking look at my so‑called “favourite holiday,” which turns out to be anywhere mildly warm, mildly interesting, and safely distant from drunken Brits, baffling menus, and the terror of speaking schoolboy French You are here: Home › Contents › Holidays and Why I love going home Why I love going home My favourite…
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What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? If I had to pick five everyday things that bring me happiness, I’d start with a good cup of tea. Not because I’m refined, but because it’s the only part of my day that doesn’t immediately fall apart. There’s something reassuring about a drink that asks…
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From this side of the Atlantic it feels as if the United States has slipped into an alternate script. A country that once lectured the rest of us about democratic stability now finds itself arguing over whether a president should behave like a monarch and whether leaving NATO is a sensible idea. Europeans watch with…