I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.

My brother Basil was probably the most protective of me. He would be willing to wallop anyone with a knuckle sandwich (knuckle sandwiches, not knives or guns, were big back then) who messed with me.

[F]rom the fourth century onwards, the Eastern Church divided penitents into four classes. […] The consistentes (the last class—συστάντες, consistentes) stand together with the faithful, and do not go out with the catechumens. Last comes participation in the sacraments (ἁγιασμάτων).]

With China’s defenses still in an inchoate state of development, British forces seized Guangzhou and the Dagu Forts in northern China, from which they could easily march on Beijing.