Response to Notes & Queries - Are Soulmates a Real Thing?
image generated by Craiyon Below is a response to a question that appeared on the Notes & Queries page of The Guardian website on 7th August, 2022 The comment has since been deleted from the website. This blog is obviously not affiliated with The Guardian. Its reference to a question that appeared in Notes & Queries is presented under the terms of fair use. This entry reinstates passages that I was forced to edit out of the original in order to bring the comment under the 5000 word character limit. Are soulmates a real thing? In many English villages, you will find, at one end, the church – a diminishing focal point of the community - and at the other extreme, a green space of some sort. It may be no more than a scrap of grass occupying the off-centre of a dusty junction, where the road branches at peculiar angles in deference to ancient field boundaries. Or it may be something larger and more developed. No matter the size, somewhere upon it you are likely to find an...