Newsletter Archive
- 12 February 2025 - #461: Winter coats are back out again
- 11 February 2025 - New Electoral Roll - Application
- 11 February 2025 - New Electoral Roll - Application
- 11 February 2025 - New Electoral Roll - Application
- 30 January 2025 - #460: The number of verses in 'When Candles are lighted on Candlesmas Day
- 22 January 2025 - #459: which feels like the number of days in January
- 16 January 2025 - #458: We're halfway through the longest month
- 2 January 2025 - #457: Happy New Year!
- 17 December 2024 - #456: The Christmas Special!
- 5 December 2024 - #455: The one with the fairy lights!
- 27 November 2024 - #454: The good news sandwich
- 22 November 2024 - #453: Do you wanna build a snowman?
- 15 November 2024 - #452: I get by with a little help from my friends
- 7 November 2024 - #451 - We will Remember them
- 24 October 2024 - #450: in 2 months time it will be the most exciting eve of the year
- 17 October 2024 - #449: The bumper issue, grab a cuppa before reading
- 9 October 2024 - #448: The one with all the thank you's
- 2 October 2024 - #447: Going once, going twice, it's only the Harvest Auction!
- 25 September 2024 - #446: tango, charleston, rumba, cha cha cha darling!
- 19 September 2024 - #445 - Second summer is here again!
- 13 September 2024 - Father Richard's licensing info for those watching at Woosehill or at home
- 11 September 2024 - #444 - enough said, pretty pleasing
- 6 September 2024 - #443: Autumn Days and the grass is jewelled...
- 31 August 2024 - Anyone going to Norwich?
- 22 August 2024 - #442: Which pleasingly adds up to 10
- 14 August 2024 - #441: the one where Bertie anxiously awaits his M-level results
- 7 August 2024 - #440 - In which Bertie shows off his medal
- 1 August 2024 - #439: Going for Gold
- 24 July 2024 - #438: the week summer FINALLY arrived
- 17 July 2024 - #437 - the new normal
- 10 July 2024 - #426: Under new management
- 3 July 2024 - #435: warming up to vote on Thursday
- 26 June 2024 - #434: and to think that we timed the whole Hustings to avoid the English Euro matches...
- 19 June 2024 - #433: a very fitting number for the Euros
- 18 June 2024 - Eddie:The Parish Profile
- 12 June 2024 - #432: Possibly the most underwhelming election since...
- 8 June 2024 - General Election Special
- 5 June 2024 - #431: Who's getting excited about the election after last night's debate?
- 30 May 2024 - #430: which, if said correctly, sounds like a star wars character
- 26 May 2024 - Fr Richard Leaving
- 22 May 2024 - #429: the bees say thank you for no-mow May
- 21 May 2024 - What Happens Next?
- 21 May 2024 - What Happens Next?
- 21 May 2024 - #428: more maths... complete the puzzle by adding in the correct symbols
- 21 May 2024 - #427: which sounds a bit like the Rector's age
- 21 May 2024 - #426: that is maffs, that is- maffs if you put a little + and + in the right place
- 15 May 2024 - #428: more maths... complete the puzzle by adding in the correct symbols
- 8 May 2024 - #427: which sounds a bit like the Rector's age
- 1 May 2024 - #426: that is maffs, that is- maffs if you put a little + and + in the right place
- 24 April 2024 - #425: Better working hours than starting at 9...
- 17 April 2024 - #424: an unusually attacking soccer formation, with real wingers
- 14 April 2024 - Fr Richard to leave us in July!
- 10 April 2024 - #423: which isn’t as pleasing as 432 will be
- 3 April 2024 - #422: Easter Week Special
- 27 March 2024 - #421: quite good odds, really
- 20 March 2024 - #420: which is double 210. And four times 105.
- 13 March 2024 - #419: the bus to Cleethorpes. Possibly.
- 6 March 2024 - #418: The day everyone was glued to the budget
- 5 March 2024 - A Short Reminder!
- 28 February 2024 - #417: Bertie's Top Ten Things To Do Today
- 23 February 2024 - An Important Update on Parish Finance- approved by Bertie the Churchmouse
- 21 February 2024 - #416: Is Bazball a cricketing fad or the cracking and credible future for the game? Well, it depends what day it is...
- 14 February 2024 - #415: which is quite a simple sum if you add a + and an = in the right places
- 7 February 2024 - #414: Not a lot of funny things in the world to comment on in the heading at the moment...
- 31 January 2024 - #413: Am I the only person who likes January?
- 24 January 2024 - #412: Getting ready for Candlemas
- 17 January 2024 - #411: Trying to type with frosty fingers
- 10 January 2024 - #410: by the time I'd got my sledge all of the snow had vanished...
- 3 January 2024 - #409: catch your bin lid as it blows past you
- 19 December 2023 - #408: It's starting to look a lot like Christmas
- 13 December 2023 - #407: appreciate the oak tree while it is there
- 6 December 2023 - #406: As foggy as a Dickensian dockside in Wapping
- 29 November 2023 - #405: Legendary A-Road from Watford to St Albans- or St Albans to Watford...
- 22 November 2023 - #404: feeling very much like April!
- 15 November 2023 - #403: free jobs going at Downing Street this week
- 8 November 2023 - #402: Remembrancetide
- 2 November 2023 - Default newsletter
- 1 November 2023 - #401: it's about to get a little windy!
- 25 October 2023 - #400: how do you make a mouse smile?
- 18 October 2023 - #399: it's starting to feel a lot like Autumn
- 11 October 2023 - #398: my old bus to school, when I was littler
- 4 October 2023 - #397: the number of cheeses Bertie has tried in the last fortnight
- 27 September 2023 - #396: how can a Rugby World Cup go on as long as this?
- 23 September 2023 - #395: extraordinary extra edition
- 20 September 2023 - #394: sad news on the churchyard oak tree
- 13 September 2023 - #393- which is a genuine maths calculation failing to get itself lined up properly
- 6 September 2023 - #392: a good moment to invest in temporary School buildings. And Tents.
- 30 August 2023 - #391: the festival of new school shoe purchases
- 23 August 2023 - #390: the summer has finally arrived!
- 15 August 2023 - #389: eve of the World Cup semi-final edition
- 9 August 2023 - #388: what a very tidy Churchyard we have at the moment
- 2 August 2023 - Plaster falls from ceiling!
- 2 August 2023 - #387: the sky seems to have sprung an unseasonal leak
- 26 July 2023 - #386: aren't the roads quieter in the holidays?
- 19 July 2023 - #385: Paris Metro opened 123 years ago today
- 14 July 2023 - Extra Email- Fundraising for Madagascar
- 12 July 2023 - #384: beautifully long evenings edition
- 5 July 2023 - #383: forget what I said last week- there is no cricket happening at all this month. Not a single match. Strange but true.
- 28 June 2023 - #382: It's an Ashes summer
- 21 June 2023 - #381: the shortest night of the year
- 18 June 2023 - Evensong Special
- 14 June 2023 - #380: thirsty plant edition
- 7 June 2023 - #379: Corpus Christi week
- 1 June 2023 - #378: the email with no name
- 24 May 2023 - #377: Bertie's speed awareness course
- 18 May 2023 - #376: Pre-Ascension Day Special
- 10 May 2023 - #375: April showers, May deluges
- 3 May 2023 - #374: May the King live forever
- 27 April 2023 - #373: Nearly the Coronation
- 19 April 2023 - #372: When will it be spring?
- 10 April 2023 - #371: Easter Week Email
- 5 April 2023 - #370: My little daffodils are dreadful cold
- 31 March 2023 - #269: Bertie's Holy Week Bonus Email
- 29 March 2023 - #368: King Charles on tour
- 23 March 2023 - #367: Boris Johnson has had a haircut
- 20 March 2023 - #366: Short Lenten bonus email
- 15 March 2023 - #365: if only the media blackout last weekend had applied to the rugby and not the football...
- 8 March 2023 - #364: And now it's got even colder!
- 1 March 2023 - #363: how has it got so cold again? I would like a refund, please.
- 23 February 2023 - #362: Foodbank Visit Special
- 16 February 2023 - #361, the number of pieces of cheese Bertie has eaten whilst the rector wasn't looking....
- 12 February 2023 - #360: and we are right back where we started again!
- 8 February 2023 - #359: "airplanes meeting in the air to be refuelled"
- 1 February 2023 - #358: when is it a journalistic mouse's turn to go on strike?
- 25 January 2023 - #357: a pleasing pattern in a phone number
- 18 January 2023 - #356: can't stop- Traitors US has just dropped on iplayer and it's meant to be epic
- 11 January 2023 - #355: do journalistic mice ever get to go on strike?
- 4 January 2023 - #354 Part 2- like a film sequel. And just as disappointing.
- 4 January 2023 - #354: Bertie says...
- 28 December 2022 - #353: It's Christmas!!!
- 25 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 29
- 24 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 28
- 23 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 27
- 22 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 26
- 21 December 2022 - #352: once-fashionable football tactics
- 21 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 25
- 20 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 24
- 19 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 23
- 18 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 22
- 17 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 21
- 16 December 2022 - #351: weekend before Christmas bonus edition
- 16 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 20
- 15 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 19
- 14 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 18
- 13 December 2022 - #350: only enough snow to make a very small snowmouse
- 13 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 17
- 12 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 16
- 11 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 15
- 10 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 14
- 9 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 13
- 8 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 12
- 7 December 2022 - #349: Come let us join our cheerful songs
- 7 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 11
- 6 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 10
- 5 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 9
- 4 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 8
- 3 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 7
- 2 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 6
- 1 December 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 5
- 30 November 2022 - #348: the old bus to Birmingham New Street
- 30 November 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 4
- 29 November 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 3
- 28 November 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 2
- 27 November 2022 - Advent Calendar Day 1
- 25 November 2022 - #347: Advent Special, or, why are there still so many pesky leaves on the trees?
- 23 November 2022 - #346: There's football. Everywhere.
- 16 November 2022 - #345: "once I caught a fish alive"
- 9 November 2022 - #344: Bertie enjoyed the Cantley fireworks a lot
- 2 November 2022 - #343: It's starting to feel a tiny bit like November
- 27 October 2022 - Appeal for the DR Congo
- 19 October 2022 - #342: excellent value when it comes to anything at the supermarket
- 12 October 2022 - #341, which would be a v. good deal in a supermarket
- 5 October 2022 - #340: up train from Exeter St Davids
- 28 September 2022 - #3 x 3=9 (or, 339)
- 21 September 2022 - #338: Adjusting to another new normal
- 17 September 2022 - Update for the weekend before the Queen's funeral
- 14 September 2022 - #337: Upcoming Events to Honour the Queen
- 8 September 2022 - Update on Events tomorrow (Friday) at St Paul's
- 8 September 2022 - A sad day - The Queen has died
- 7 September 2022 - #3 + 3 = 6- that's Maths that is. But you do need to borrow someone else's finger to make it work.
- 31 August 2022 - #335: Special Back to School email for Bertie and all of his friends
- 24 August 2022 - #334: a very attacking, or desperate, football formation
- 15 August 2022 - #333: the name of a very small and unthreatening beast
- 11 August 2022 - #332: the bus from Neasden to Paddington
- 3 August 2022 - #331 what goes round and round and ISN'T the wheels on the bus?
- 27 July 2022 - #330 pieces of cheese eaten in the last 3.5 days
- 20 July 2022 - #329 Can anyone help Bertie cool his cheese down?
- 13 July 2022 - #328: My vote goes to whoever will get rid of Larry the Cat, the Terror of the good mice of Downing Street
- 8 July 2022 - #327: Tithings Group Special
- 6 July 2022 - #326: Going to need a smaller table for the cabinet to gather at tomorrow
- 29 June 2022 - #325: would be a very long Afternoon Tea
- 22 June 2022 - #324: the week which gives trainspotting a whole new meaning- "I saw one. I really, really did. Cubs honour."
- 15 June 2022 - #323: plenty of seats free on planes going to Rwanda, it seems...
- 10 June 2022 - #332: " A week is a long time in politics"
- 6 June 2022 - #331: Paddington. Just Paddington and the Queen. My life is complete.
- 1 June 2022 - #330: Happy and Glorious
- 25 May 2022 - #329: April showers in May
- 18 May 2022 - #328: It's all sunny again!
- 11 May 2022 - #327: How can it be Eurovision again already?
- 5 May 2022 - #3x2=6: that's Maths, that is
- 27 April 2022 - #325: what would you buy with a spare $43bn?
- 24 April 2022 - #324: APCM and AGM Special
- 19 April 2022 - #323: "Alleluia, Christ is Risen"
- 13 April 2022 - #322: there don't seem to be as many pigeons around the churchyard as there used to be for some reason
- 8 April 2022 - #321: Holy Week lift-off
- 6 April 2022 - #320: Bertie's paws are still too tired to let him come to the keyboard
- 29 March 2022 - #319: did you get a fine from the Met today?
- 25 March 2022 - #318: Extra, bonus, update
- 23 March 2022 - #317: Millennium Falcons
- 22 March 2022 - #316: Bertie's brief but brilliant bulletin
- 17 March 2022 - #315: What Bertie has been overhearing this week, and writing down in his little pocket notebook
- 16 March 2022 - #314: further thoughts and ideas on Ukraine
- 12 March 2022 - #313: a Focus on reading around Ukraine
- 10 March 2022 - #312: was a leap year starting on a Tuesday
- 2 March 2022 - #311: which is half of 622, interestingly
- 28 February 2022 - #310: We hail thy presence glorious, or, a pre-Lent Special
- 25 February 2022 - #309 version 2, with minor improvements and some small changes: I tried curling but they told me to get off the ice rink. Now my Olympic Dreams are over before they could begin.
- 23 February 2022 - Parish Giving Scheme
- 23 February 2022 - Parish Giving Scheme
- 16 February 2022 - #308: Did I mention that the LA Rams won the Superbowl?
- 9 February 2022 - #307: Sweet Sacrament Divine in NEH
- 2 February 2022 - #306: a bigger number than last week's number
- 28 January 2022 - #305: Thank Wispa it's the weekend
- 26 January 2022 - #304: Just a flesh wound, said the Black Knight... or was it the Prime Minister
- 19 January 2022 - #303: famous Polish RAF Squadron in 1940
- 12 January 2022 - #302: When is a party not a party?
- 5 January 2022 - # 301: a whole new century of emails to collect and keep (depending on when you think a century begins or ends)
- 27 December 2021 - #300 not out- which would make a pretty good innings total for England in the Ashes, come to think of it
- 22 December 2021 - #299: Which is very nearly 300. I wonder if the Queen will send a telegram
- 20 December 2021 - #298: Beginning to look a lot like nearly Christmas
- 15 December 2021 - #297: Deja vu all over again
- 10 December 2021 - #296: Covid Update, or, with three emails in a week from Bertie you are really spoiling us, Ambassador
- 9 December 2021 - #295: You only had one job to do, Lamey
- 8 December 2021 - #294: Where are they getting all these cool names for storms from?
- 1 December 2021 - #293: The Return of the Altar Edition
- 27 November 2021 - #292: White smoke!
- 24 November 2021 - #291: Is Peppa Pig really running the country? The conspiracy theory which makes a surprising amount of sense when you start to look at the evidence.
- 23 November 2021 - #290: Emergency Advent Course News- very important. And urgent.
- 18 November 2021 - #289: Bertie says it's time to shine!
- 11 November 2021 - 288 - We will remember them
- 3 November 2021 - #287: Fallen at the first hurdle- can't think of a witty email title
- 28 October 2021 - 286: the number of minutes until the clocks change, or not, depending on when you read this
- 20 October 2021 - #285: Looks like the summer might have gone
- 13 October 2021 - #284: Just a very pleasing number, somehow- but that might just be me...
- 6 October 2021 - #283: the only way you would ever get me to a party conference would be if you...
- 29 September 2021 - #282: How much do you think we could sell all of the petrol for the Church lawnmowers for at the moment?
- 23 September 2021 - #281: The return of the mouse
- 15 September 2021 - #280: How does one apply to be Education Secretary?
- 10 September 2021 - #279: can't seem to find the score from the 4th Cricket Test anywhere
- 2 September 2021 - #278: is it the summer yet?
- 27 August 2021 - #277 Time to buy your new school shoes
- 25 August 2021 - #276 Start of the thrilling Paralympics
- 20 August 2021 - #275: Why has it felt like March for the 19 weeks since it actually was March?
- 17 August 2021 - #274: Not a lot of things in the news to joke about at the moment
- 13 August 2021 - #273: The Legendary Bus to Petts Wood (Google tells me)
- 9 August 2021 - Heavy April showers in August [272]
- 5 August 2021 - #271: Did Bertie mistake the Sun for a big round Edam and make it disappear?
- 29 July 2021 - #270: Not a Bertie
- 24 July 2021 - All change! - Covid is not done with us yet. Celebration postponed!
- 22 July 2021 - Step 4 Forwards, one step back [269]
- 20 July 2021 - How do you get on that pilot programme with the Prime Minister? [268]
- 16 July 2021 - The yellow daisies in my garden love the sun [267]
- 14 July 2021 - Does anyone remember the Squadron Number from Biggles? [266]
- 9 July 2021 - Bertie can't decide who to cheer for on Sunday- gorgonzola? or stilton? It is an impossible choice. [265]
- 6 July 2021 - Gavin is bursting all of our bubbles- which is not as bad as it sounds [264]
- 2 July 2021 - Is a win by 325 votes really something to look that thrilled about? Or, and football, football, football [263]
- 1 July 2021 - Bertie's Exciting Adventures Part 3 [261]
- 30 June 2021 - "It's coming home"- exciting APCM Special [260]
- 27 June 2021 - Bertie moves into recruitment [260]
- 25 June 2021 - Own up then- who's got 60 million spare Covid tests at home? [259]
- 24 June 2021 - Seat in the Cathedral Part 2 [258]
- 23 June 2021 - Seat in the Cathedral Part 1 [257]
- 21 June 2021 - Bertie's injured paw-pad [256]
- 19 June 2021 - Necessary Zoom Links etc [255]
- 17 June 2021 - Perfect grass growing weather! [254]
- 15 June 2021 - It's still sunny. Which is very confusing to a Mancunian. [253]
- 11 June 2021 - All eyes on St Ives [252]
- 9 June 2021 - Bertie's back where he belongs [251]
- 8 June 2021 - 250. That's right. Email 250. Bertie, you're a legend in your own cheese mountain. [250, clearly]
- 4 June 2021 - Cleethorpes it is for our hols, then [249]
- 3 June 2021 - Where has the sun gone? I was quite warming to that little yellow ball in the sky [248]
- 28 May 2021 - I'm even more confused about what to think about Dominic Cummings now- freedom fighter or blame-shirker? [249]
- 25 May 2021 - 8. Who do we appreciate? [246]
- 21 May 2021 - Pentecost Sunday [245]
- 21 May 2021 - Rain. Sun. Rain. Sun. Wind. So confusing to be a weather forecaster at the moment. [244]
- 19 May 2021 - Has anyone ever got wet more times than they have this week? [243]
- 13 May 2021 - Ascension Day and Easter 7 [242]
- 10 May 2021 - Super duper special offer, as long as you want them both [241]
- 7 May 2021 - 20 x 12 = [240]
- 5 May 2021 - Bertie is still looking for his Jeeves [239]
- 30 April 2021 - How much did John Lewis pay for all of this free publicity? [238]
- 28 April 2021 - Boris promised me a knighthood if I lent him a tenner for some Farrow and Ball paint [237]
- 22 April 2021 - 2 x 3= 6 [236]
- 19 April 2021 - Are Spurs really one of the biggest 12 teams in Europe? [235]
- 15 April 2021 - (1)... 234... (56789)
- 12 April 2021 - 233... the day with snow and sunshine all at once.
- 9 April 2021 - Sunday April the 11th [232]
- 8 April 2021 - Bertie's Brilliant Bonanza of Information [231]
- 6 April 2021 - Time to go to the Dentist [230]
- 3 April 2021 - Easter Day Services Update [229b]
- 3 April 2021 - Easter Day Email [229]
- 31 March 2021 - Exclusive: Bertie breaks his silence [227]
- 30 March 2021 - Stations of the Cross
- 30 March 2021 - Good Friday (02/04/2021)
- 29 March 2021 - I'm the suddenly unemployed Watch Officer of a large container ship you might possibly have heard of... [227]
- 28 March 2021 - Maundy Thursday
- 27 March 2021 - Arson attack at St Pauls
- 26 March 2021 - Important update on St Paul's Church Building [226]
- 26 March 2021 - Palm Sunday Notices [225]
- 24 March 2021 - But will every refugee fit on Lundy? [224]
- 22 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Mothering Sunday (14/02/2021)
- 22 March 2021 - Pieces and bits before Holy Week [223]
- 21 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Passion Sunday (21/03/2021)
- 20 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Passion Sunday (21/03/2021)
- 20 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Passion Sunday (21/03/2021)
- 20 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Passion Sunday (21/03/2021)
- 20 March 2021 - Passion Sunday Service [222]
- 20 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Passion Sunday (21/03/2021)
- 18 March 2021 - Finding our feet again at St Paul's- an important document [221]
- 16 March 2021 - Announcing the Return to Public Worship [220]
- 15 March 2021 - Dear Gardener's World, why does my dog insist on standing on all of my daffodils? [219]
- 12 March 2021 - Mothering Sunday Information [218]
- 10 March 2021 - Where has the sun gone? [217]
- 8 March 2021 - So, who's watching Oprah later? [216]
- 5 March 2021 - Parish Mass for Lent III (07/03/2021)
- 5 March 2021 - Lent 3 Service Info [215]
- 4 March 2021 - Until I heard the Chancellor I had no idea Duty on Stamps was so big [212, which follows 214, obviously]
- 1 March 2021 - Crocuses and daffodils and everything [213]
- 26 February 2021 - Getting Ready for Lent 2 [211]
- 26 February 2021 - Getting Ready for Lent 2 [211]
- 26 February 2021 - Getting Ready for Lent 2 [211]
- 14 February 2021 - Another Peugeot Car/Getting Ready for Sunday [205]