This interesting article appeared in the Guardian yesterday. Would any Canadians like to comment? I've thought for some time that reluctant nationalists like myself could become ardent Nationalists should a right-wing government get itself elected in London. Or maybe this is just the result of sitting next to John Purser for the best part of a day yesterday ...

I spent most of today working in the garden while the sun shone, preparing it to be a calm place in which to spend time over the summer. And among the various small jobs that got done at my desk in the course of the day was one symbolic act: I cleaned and filled my fountain pen for the first time in (I think) almost a decade. This is an investment in doing things more slowly, and with more care and artistry. I'll have to learn how to write again of course ...