<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ferdinand Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ferdinand Alone]]></description><link>https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:02:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Of hedges, mosaics, pendulums, and Jesus with a bunch of flowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democracy is a double edged sword. Without it, we have anarchy or totalitarianism. With it? Hmmmm. I  did not vote for Brexit, yet live...]]></description><link>https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/post/of-hedges-mosaics-pendulums-and-jesus-with-a-bunch-of-flowers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">647f9ce9014da3f007c04e0d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 21:43:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d7369_88cf090d624b4a55ae9c0b0b1d8e1ce1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_454,h_358,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>peterdrrobinson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock the Boat, Make Waves, Disturb the Status Quo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Splendes, splendeas in aeternum, Alma Mater atque amabilis Ironically, our Higher English candidates have just sat their Reading UAE...]]></description><link>https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/post/rock-the-boat-make-waves-disturb-the-status-quo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e17b97bea6f23baa1dc6dc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:26:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d7369_887627c6305d44de8601896740710ed1~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>peterdrrobinson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Name is Writ in Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[ My name is writ in fire. But those who stand And wait: illiterate, see nothing but The smoke that swirls and coils around the end Of...]]></description><link>https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/post/my-name-is-writ-in-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d1abf45dacd960c3163222</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:15:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d7369_77aa6e21f6e74b9eb403ad941e41e805~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>peterdrrobinson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Triffids and Two Gentlemen]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my first years of teaching, I was spoiled. Naïvely, I believed that Sylvia Bisset was the norm. Since Crieff High School, I have met...]]></description><link>https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/post/of-triffids-and-two-gentlemen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">636d4b3fff7f79b212ab8c47</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:17:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d7369_702ab906c66f45ee93b8601678d0c51b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>peterdrrobinson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Fireworks, Neanderthals, and Boats]]></title><description><![CDATA[William Golding’s “The Inheritors” may be historically (pre-historically?) inaccurate in its depiction of how the Neanderthals were...]]></description><link>https://peterdrrobinson.wixsite.com/ferdinandalone/post/of-fireworks-neanderthals-and-boats</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd277b811314b0017c300c8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:44:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d7369_6b5f3232853547cca1dafcf1b2cd616a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_376,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>peterdrrobinson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>