[Acrylic-bob]

I was a little perplexed to read the other day that St. Bartholomews Church in Snuffy Errod held a flower festival last week.

Nothing strange in that, I hear you say, and ordinarily I would agree with you. Were it not for the fact that among the Aisle displays of horticultural dexterity which interpreted the works of C.S.Lewis (Narnia) Paul Bunyan (Pilgrims Progress) and Dickens (Christmas Carol) was an entry celebrating the work of that well known son of the church Oscar Wilde.

Yes, that's right, the same chap who was condemned to two years imprisonment with hard labour for having the temerity to be honest in public about his emotions. The same chap who was, no doubt, condemned from the pulpit in the very same church where this tribute stood. How times change

Two films, A west end Musical and more biographies than you can shake a stick at, every word still in print a century after your death. Pace Oscar, you will never be forgotten.