18 August 2006 10:45
Mid-West Comes to Sawston
Should the Catholics of Sawston build a new church, or should they simply re-occupy their old one, temporarily occupied by the Church of England for the last five hundred or so years? Audrey Wylfing detects an odd Mid-Western influence in the village and is spooked.
16 August 2006 16:30
A Visit To The Gypsies
Audrey Wylfing muses on the future for the Traveller communities of East Anglia and suggests that they might be employed as guides to the historic sites of the region by English Heritage or the National Trust.
16 August 2006 09:45
No Spam Please We're British
Audry Wylfing has been approached by start-up company NSPWeb to invest in its new spam filter software "Do I Know You?" which is specifically designed for the Cambridge business market
12 August 2006 10:30
Publishing for the Lithuanian Market
Audrey Wylfing is overwhelmed by the volume of newsprint at the weekends, most of which will need to be recycled. That is, shipped to a landfill site in Lithuania, where she hopes it might be useful for migrant workers to improve their English before emigating to Norfolk
12 August 2006 06:30
A Cabin for your Young People
Flush with cash? Looking for something for the property portfolio? Audrey Wylfing suggests you build a log cabin in your garden to house your Young People. Since they have little prospect of employment and cannot afford a house, why not keep them as domestic servants in an appropriate style?
09 August 2006 10:00
A Death in The Family?
Audrey Wylfing makes her first special offer from the Frog End blog - a chance to commemorate a dead relative free of charge. All she asks is a link to increase her readership
09 August 2006 09:45
Lady Drury's Great Sadness
Audrey Wylfing visits Ipswich, now sadly given over to tattooed youths and their drug dealers, but finds consolation in the Hawstead panels, a 17th century amateur masterpiece created by the very sad Lady Drury.
05 August 2006 11:30
St Tanwg - The Patron Saint of Very Bad Golfers
At a recent funeral, Audrey Wylfing is reminded of her visits as a golfer to the St David's Hotel, Harlech (now sadly declined from its heyday according to Porthmadog Pat) and muses on the obscure life of St Tanwg whose chapel is nearby. She nominates him as the Patron Saint of Very Bad Golfers.
27 July 2006 07:45
Psalm of the Day from the "Book in the Bog"
The discovery of a Viking-Age psalter in a bog in Ireland became world news when it was reported that it was open at Psalm 83 - a psalm which justifies violence by Israel against its neighbours. Audrey Wylfing investigates how this story started.
26 July 2006 09:45
The Art of Objectivism
Audrey Wylfing waxes lyrical about the Romantic Realism movement in American Art and picks an iconic image
26 July 2006 08:15
To Akabar with Ayn Rand
Audrey Wylfing discovers that people who like Ayn Rand also like Neville Shute, Lawrence of Arabia and The Sound of Music
25 July 2006 10:15
Atlas Shrugged - I Struggled
Audrey Wylfing tries to read Atlas Shrugged and struggles to reach the end. She is nonetheless intrigued by its naive fascism.
25 July 2006 07:30
A License to Build Web-sites?
Why does the BBC feel it is part of its Charter to provide a tourist guide to Burwell in a few badly-written Heritage Soundbites. Audrey Wylfing invites you to take up the cause of limiting the BBC's ambition to take over the role of local media
23 July 2006 09:45
Diplomatic Relations
The US Embassy in London is preparing to fortify itself still further. Audrey Wylfing suggests a more appropriate solution: move it to to an airfield in the Fens where is can be run safely and with the advantage of more civilised surroundings
22 July 2006 08:15
The Nubble on the Ink-Jet Cartridge
How can Audrey Wylfing sustain her lifestyle at Frog End? The answer is the royalties she receives from her late husband's invention - the nubble on the ink-jet cartridge that makes sure you can't use it again.
20 July 2006 11:45
No Guided Bus for Frog End
Sadly, Frog End will not be served by the Cambridgeshire Guided Bus, nor by its new Southern Extension. Even CAST's new steam railway to Soham will pass it by. Audrey Wylfing suggests a new idea - the Coldham's Common to Newmarket service via the Frog End Multi-Modal Hub.
19 July 2006 05:45
Royston Cave - What Dan Brown doesn't know
Dan Brown could not have known the true story of the Holy Grail because he never attended one of the special Ladies Nights held by the wives of the Royston Masons.
Audrey Wylfing from Frog End explains why all the Grail books are nonsense.
18 July 2006 06:00
Visiting London? See the Holy Grail at the British Museum
If you are visting London this summer, do go to the British Museum and admire the Holy Grails. Audrey Wylfing reveals how you can find them on a small shelf in the corner of Gallery 37.
17 July 2006 10:00
Voynich - the Board Game
Audrey Wylfing from Frog End reveals the answer to the centuries-old mystery of the Voynich Manuscript. It is a board game invented by Erasmus in response to taunts from fellows of Queens' College Cambridge that he was altogether too serious.
16 July 2006 06:15
Messages from Beyond the Grave
Are you plagued with spam from dead people? Who would you leave a message for to be delivered after your demise? Audrey Wylfing from Frog End examines the legal and practical implications of post-mortal emailing.
15 July 2006 09:15
Gravestones by the Road to Recovery
Near to death? Audrey Wylfing reveals how musing on the Four Last things can be much more fun on the Internet. Email your family from beyond the grave or take a quick flight with Last Minute dot com.
13 July 2006 08:15
Book Burning: A new Idea for Church Fundraising
Need a new idea to raise funds for your church? Audrey Wylfing advises organising a book-burning, a sure-fire way to make money without waste. Or instead of another whipround, why not try an auto-da-fe.
12 July 2006 10:30
A Sad Death in Liberal England
Audrey Wylfing from Frog End has acquired a correspondent in Offord Cluny. Here is the first story from "The Granny"
11 July 2006 19:45
Lord Monboddo and The Long Tail
Amazon's system throws up some strange results for Audrey Wylfing and proves that her husband's ancestor has a Long Tail
11 July 2006 15:30
Did Pink Floyd buy their Bikes from Townsends?
Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, who led a quiet, reclusive life in Cambridge for many years, has died. Audrey Wylfing says that an old picture of him bicycling shows that he may have bought his bike from Townsends of Cambridge
