{"id":36588,"date":"2026-10-09T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=36588"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:59:44","slug":"a-polar-vortex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/a-polar-vortex\/","title":{"rendered":"A Polar Vortex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been watching you sleep <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you mind <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not at all <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have just missed Exeter <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh dear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was that your stop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No I am on my way to St Ives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hazel Court <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Hazel Court <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Josie my name is Josie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am going to Plymouth <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My brother is an artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps you have heard of him <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Court <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is that the Peter Court who punched<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I Am an Artist at the RA <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The very same <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This made front page news <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the other is the darling of the progressives <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He called himself an artist but that is far from the truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter in my view is very much like Augustus John <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps you have heard of him <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very much <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also like the work of Gwen John <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe and I often travel to Tenby <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry to pry but are you related to Joe Marin <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes he is my brother <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes you say that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because if you will excuse me saying this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are the feminine of Joe Marin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are identical twins <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although  I am the older by twelve minutes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said Joe is obviously taller than me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you see much of your brother <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes we live together with his fianc\u00e9e Sephine <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he appears on television he is very fierce <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He does not suffer fools <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Especially those in positions of influence <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For that he gets a bad press <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does it bother him <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not in the slightest <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is my last question <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tell me to shut up if you think I am being rude <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was there any truth in the Daily Mail article <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How awful for you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was great fun <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why do you say that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because Joe ghosted the whole thing <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He and David Tote-Brooks were at Kings together <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David had fallen out with owners <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So he and Joe decided to do this <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Poet Laureate is fucking his identical sister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry for the French <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for some reason the establishment could not deal with it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions Fit and Proper were asked in the house <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But whilst it was true there was nothing concrete <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were hounded for a while by the tabloids <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there was no proof <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> For a while Joe and I upped sticks and went to Como<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody out there gave a flying fuck <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why I love the Italians so much <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sun sent out a photographer to track us down <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He got the topless shots he was after <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Lake Como <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe set it up <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a while I was the accursed women <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who had seduced her talented brother<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was the b\u00eate noire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe threatened to sue <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And slowly the tide was turned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe&#8217;s laureateship was no longer threatened<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was treated with kid gloves <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And he has dined out on it ever since<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the establishment was not totally finished <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police began sniffing around <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do we still have a police force<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As technically fucking your sister is illegal <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then it sunk in <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole thing had been a massive hoax <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like the Dreadnought hoax <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very much but not as daring <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A great number of people in the establishment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Were made to look very stupid <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enquiries were made<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we had broken no laws<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No money had passed hands <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within a year it was yesterdays news <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We just returned to being stale boring people <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This said I write for a living now as Josie Marine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is where I am off to now <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Ives <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No to a small hamlet nearby <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I intend to write my <em>magnum opus<\/em> there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether I do is another matter <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will most likely write about coastal flowers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who knows <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not think that I have had<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Such an interesting conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With who up to an hour ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Was a complete stranger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miss <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Sorry to wake you but we will be in Penzance in a few minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You asked me to wake you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course I did<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you so very much <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My friend is meeting me at the station <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are driving to St Ives <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the reason I travelled by train<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have just returned from Japan <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And am awfully lagged <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been a pleasure <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you again and sorry I was such a burden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Josie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am just arriving in Penzance <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hazel is already there <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is waiting for me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be safe and do not get lost <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have just returned from Japan Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that I am dappy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Penzance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Really<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry sis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just to let you know I will send you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 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