Tag Archives: Pie Corbett

The Henry Brothers’ blogroll. Who are these people?

Like many bloggers we’ve included a “blogroll”, a list of links to other blogs and websites we think you may enjoy. But we wanted to give you a little more information about them than can be found in the basic … Continue reading

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A Chance in France – a poem by Pie Corbett

We thought we’d combine our passion for poetry and our love of tasty English cuisine; in particular the meat pie. So here’s a poem by Pie Corbett entitled ‘A Chance in France’. We love the tempo and rhythm of this … Continue reading

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English is tough stuff

Here’s a poem called “The Chaos”, by Dr. Gerald Nolst Trenite (1870-1946) that highlights the irregularities of English pronunciation and spelling. It was said to be used by NATO as a tool to raise awareness of the English language for … Continue reading

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