Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Sunday 17 January 2016

Silver Jubilee of the King of Norway


Today is the twenty fifth anniversary of the accession to the throne of the King of Norway.

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H.M. The King of Norway

There is an online biography of the King at Harald V of Norway


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The King flanked by Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon at the state opening of the Norwegian Parliament

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I sent an e-mail to two Norwegian friends to send my greetings, good wishes and the assurance of my prayers on the occasion of H M King Harald V's Silver Jubilee. May God bless him and his family and realm, and in particular my own Norwegian friends.

 
The Royal Arms of Norway

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