It is a bit late to write about the Jubilee now but I can`t resist a few thoughts on it. There were some highspots: the diamond children`s choir in St Paul`s singing that beautiful anthem, which brought tears to my eyes, the sodden choir on the Thames, valiantly singing Rule Britannia, wet to the bone, but still smiling,and the light show on Buckingham Palace whilst Madness were singing on the roof during that ghastly concert.
The wind and the rain have done their worst, and I keep thinking how much nicer it would all have been if the sun had shone...... But one good thing is that my little backyard is flourishing in all the wetness, everything is growing frantically and it looks green.
We had a very good film in the Village Hall the other night, Budrus, which was about a peaceful demonstration in a small town in the Occupied Territories in Palestine. The people were so dignified,  and they were joined eventually in their protest by Israelis and others.   At the end there was a round of applause which is not usual.
One sad thing in Ditchling is that the choir is temporarily stopping, not enough support particularly from the MEN. We must save our choir, so many of us really love it!