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But A Plot To Train You To Your Ruin
So I read ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore, and posted some thoughts over at EMU’s collaborative reading. There’s a great deal to say about the play, which I consider to be not just For… more →
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Windsor Castle
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wrote 1 week ago: Saturday, April 13th, my 96th day in London, was dominated by a trip to Windsor Castle, current resi … more →
May Day Weekend 2013 Part One - Tredegar House
wrote 1 week ago: The May Day Bank Holiday and three days thereafter have been the first extended period of time that … more →
Interleaving History: An Extra-Illustrated Book of Common Prayer
wrote 1 week ago: A post about the Book of Common Prayer—the source of such familiar phrases as “ashes to ashes, … more →
"He was looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition..."
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wrote 2 weeks ago: There is a pub at Tower Hill in London named ‘Hung, Drawn and Quartered’; I went there l … more →
10 Historic London Garden Squares...1. Leicester Square...
wrote 3 weeks ago: In the first of a new Wednesday series looking at historic London garden squares, we take a look at … more →
The art of war
wrote 3 weeks ago: ‘How do you police symbolic acts?’ In 2011, millions of people across the globe watched and waited f … more →
Lost London - Mrs Salmon's Waxworks...
wrote 1 month ago: Before Madame Tussaud arrived in London, there was Mrs Salmon and her famous waxworks, one of severa … more →
Reviewing my Recent Reads: Non Fiction
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wrote 1 month ago: Today, I thought I would continue discussing the books I have read recently. Sunday’s post loo … more →
Lady Mary Villiers
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wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes it seems as if the 17th century St John family is related to just about everyone of any no … more →
Museum Review - Museum of Richmond upon Thames
wrote 1 month ago: This local museum is awkwardly hidden away on the second floor of the Old Town Hall, which is a sham … more →
Where's London's oldest...Catholic church?
wrote 1 month ago: Hidden away to the north-west of the City of a quiet cul-de-sac, the oldest still-in-use Roman Catho … more →
Dark Destiny - a tale of Scotland, England, and the Colonies
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wrote 1 month ago: Dark Destiny is book three in the Dark Birthright Saga – a 17th century tale of old Scotland, … more →
April 1 1813: A Royal Coffin is Found
wrote 1 month ago: On April 1 1813, the Prince Regent, the Duke of Cumberland, Count Munster, the Dean of Windsor, Benj … more →
Palm Sunday
wrote 1 month ago: Sunday, March 24th, Palm Sunday, my 75th day in London, was the beginning of the final week of March … more →
Atrocious Hideousness
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wrote 1 month ago: Many American numismatists may have heard this expression, used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt … more →
Absolute Monarch
wrote 1 month ago: On 27 March 1625, one of England’s less successful monarchs, Charles I, ascended the throne after th … more →
The Lost Crown of the Tudors and Stuarts
wrote 1 month ago: The Lost Crown of Henry VIII Many of the most amazing historical crowns were destroyed during the tu … more →
The Lowest Ranking English Title: Meet the Baronet
wrote 2 months ago: English titles are divided into six kinds: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron and baronet. Each ti … more →
Neglected painting identified as a van Dyke
wrote 2 months ago: An English museum has received confirmation that a painting in its collection since the 19th century … more →
