Blogs & Asides

Please click below to see the latest edition of Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Peter Duffy, and occasional blogs and posts from our special guests.

Guest Blog – St. George’s Day Address by The Reverend Canon Stephen Paul Booth, Ph.D.

Note: This is the speech delivered at the RSGS of Halifax Annual Dinner on April 23, 2026. Ladies and gentlemen of the oldest St. George’s Society in the world, I...

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Peter Duffy – Chapter 2

My parents began to despair of me when I was coming of age in northern England during the early 1960s.  I’d applied to several universities but my heart wasn’t in...

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Peter Duffy – Chapter 1

Wanderlust is a demanding mistress. It’s a siren song that cannot be ignored and I should know. Much of my life has been spent far from home searching for, well,...

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