http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/feed.phpThe latest news from the website of Henry Lincolnhttp://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=256For me, 2012 was a year best forgotten.My Blog remained silent not through negligence, nor through lack of events to report.nbspnbsp It was a year of personal losses which left me with no desire to convey even inadvertently the inevitable sadness which comes with the loss of so many friends and family members.nbspnbsp I suppose that, at my age, such times are to be expected but, in 2012, all but one of those who left us were much younger than I am which made their going a...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a256http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=255Further to the Bloodline confessionFollowing the confession by the disgraceful Ben Hammott the sadlydeceived producer of the film, Rene Barnett, has asked me to attempt to put the record straight on her radio show on LATalkRadio.nbsp This goes out live at 8pm LA time so I shall have to be at my brightest and best at what will be 4 am down here in the Aude.nbsp What a thing to do to a geriatric nbspnbsp It039s just as well I care about this story.nbsp And I shall as alw...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a255http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=254 This is to let you all know that I have met my deadline and managed to complete the translation of Grard de Sde039s Le Trsor Maudit before the arrival of the new season. It was exhausting de Sde writes in a singularly florid and dense French.nbsp And he plays games nbspnbsp I039ve put in lots of footnotes to explain things which he takes for granted that his French readership will understand.nbsp But how many of you have heard of Rastignac...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a254http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=250...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a250http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=249 A LOST YEAR 2011 has almost passed without an entry on this Blog nbspnbsp Cause for yet another apology.nbspnbsp But this has been a more than usually busy season.nbspnbspnbsp I seem tonbsphave spent most of my time attempting to show our visitors the amazing simplicity which lies behind the fantastical imaginings which some of them insist on bringing to this magical place.nbsp nbsp SENSE amp SIMPLICITY I realise that, when writing of RennesleCh...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a249http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=243 ... is now over.nbspnbsp At least, so I thought ... but today, on very New Year's Eve, as I write these words, I have before me this morning's local newspaper. The world, it seems, is indeed taking leave of its senses. RennesleChteau is used to its quota of dotty visitors ... but the mayor of a village, not ten miles away, is reported to be considering a request for military protection from an expected influx of loonies who are expecting an imminent End of the World.nbspnbspnb...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a243http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=242Will he update this blog? How should I know... Well it says..."Happy something or other".....http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a242http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=241The lunacy of August is over. This year, we have had the usual throngs of travellers from the three quarters of the globe (haven't spotted any Chinese yet ) To universal joy, the Disneyland train has been derailed until next year. I acknowledge that twoyearolds love it ... but they are a minority among our visitors and somehow neither Disney' nor train' seem to contribute a great deal to the ambiance of RennesleChteau.I had hoped that the picture below would have included...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a241http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=238 Another long silence ... for which I apologise. I have been struggling with this entry for far too long. You039ll realise why if you read to the end. * * * * * BERENGER039S SHADE RennesleChteau changes with each year. In many ways it grows less and less like the village which Brenger knew. Less, too, like the village as I first knew it, when Elise039s cows still ambled to the cattletrough by the chteau for their evening drink. The cows are now long gone ....http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a238http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php?e=237 At RennesleChteau, I fear, change has become inevitable. But some changes, it seems, are beginning to spread confusion. I have, for instance, often been asked for directions to the Devil's Armchair. My response is now frequently met with: But I thought that was the Seat of Isis ... (And vice versa.) Well ... yes This seems to be one of the unlookedfor effects of the Da Vinci Code. The goddesses seem to be taking over. So ... Isis now sits in the Devil's Armchair ...http://www.henrylincoln.co.uk/blog.php#a237