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Death

No Fuss in Old Yorkshire

BY MUDYARD KIPLING I was twelve or perhaps just thirteen years of age when my great aunt died at her terraced house in Leeds, over fifty years ago. The year would be 1970, near enough. She was an old spinster who lived at home with her sister, my maternal grandmother, also of advanced years. Something had gone wrong with the great aunt and when I … Continue reading No Fuss in Old Yorkshire

countrysquiremagazineDecember 5, 2025December 5, 20251 Comment
Thoughts

On Being One’s Own Secretary

BY MUDYARD KIPLING It is a great misfortune in life to be one’s own secretary and his employer at the same time. The man so afflicted finds himself as if torn by two different dogs at once. If the secretary is incompetent, as in my case he is, then his employer feels the anger of frustration and delay — why on Earth were these simple tasks … Continue reading On Being One’s Own Secretary

countrysquiremagazineMarch 18, 2025March 18, 2025

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