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The New Year's Day Post: 2010 Challenges
My own Royal Mistress Challenge is already underway. If you know of any royal mistress or favourite books which meet the terms of the challenge, or if you would like me to link to your review of any … more →
The Misadventures of Moppet
The New Year's Day Post: 2010 Challenges
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wrote 6 days ago: My own Royal Mistress Challenge is already underway. If you know of any royal mistress or favourite … more →
My deepest, darkest secret.
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wrote 1 week ago: The craziness of life took over and, unfortunately, I woefully neglected my blog. To atone for my ab … more →
Miss Moppet tours the Houses of Parliament: part three
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wrote 1 month ago: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament St Stephen’s H … more →
A busy day
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wrote 4 months ago: As I expected, it turned out to be quite a busy day. I got most of the work done, but t … more →
This Week in History Podcasts: A Literary Luminary and a Queen of Old
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wrote 4 months ago: Hello, listeners! Researching for this week’s podcasts made us rather tired. Mark Twain and El … more →
Survived
wrote 4 months ago: Work, today went quite well really. Much better than expected. The ‘desk-mess’ I was dreading did no … more →
Dover Castle Great Tower make-over
wrote 5 months ago: A taste of medieval life in all its gaudy glory When the Great Tower of Dover Castle throws open it … more →
All Is Not Fair in Love and War
wrote 5 months ago: Some time ago, I posted a poll about whether the proverb All is fair in love and war is true or not. … more →
The Troll Dens: A Lion in Winter
wrote 8 months ago: We now have details of the Brightspark Productions release of this TV movie…[More..] Welcome t … more →
When in Rome...
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wrote 9 months ago: “Vivo!” -Caligula (his last words, screamed out as he was being murdered by his own sold … more →
Courage and Valor in the Aquitaine
wrote 10 months ago: Eleanor with her youngest son John. Eleanor of Aquitaine was an amazingly powerful, headstrong … more →
Lawrence Summers Needs to Study Up on Some Women's History--Here's a Short Course He Should Take
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wrote 10 months ago: ~~By American Lassie Barack Obama may be impressed by Lawrence Summers economics credentials, and I … more →
Eleanor
wrote 11 months ago: Eleanor of Aquitaine To say, “the only good celebrity is a dead celebrity,” would overst … more →
Bookshelf Update
wrote 1 year ago: Check out my takes on Devil’s Brood, by Sharon Kay Penman, and He Forgot to Say Goodbye, by Be … more →
More thoughts on the 'Music as Free' Debate
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wrote 1 year ago: My original post on ‘Why Music Can’t ‘Just be Free’ has stirred up something of a hornet’s nest of d … more →
"When Christ and His Saints Slept," by Sharon Kay Penman
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wrote 1 year ago: “When Christ and His Saints Slept,” by Sharon Kay Penman (901p) When Christ and His Saints Slept is … more →
Lion in Winter (a 1968-classic film review/summary)
wrote 1 year ago: Lion in Winter is a 1968 classic depicting the 12th century love conflict between Henry II (O’ … more →
The Marshal Trilogy by Elizabeth Chadwick
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wrote 1 year ago: The Greatest Knight ~ The Scarlet Lion ~ A Place Beyond Courage. William Marshal pulled off a really … more →
Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman
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wrote 1 year ago: The third novel in Penman’s Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy covers the last years of … more →
