Enter Two Gardeners
This was the last episode of Rosemary and Thyme (weep) I post it for a very special friend :o)
Read MoreCategory: and nothing but the Truth
If I Was NOT So Driven By…
…TRUTH. EQUALITY. JUSTICE FOR ALL I’d end it ALL. Here & Now. But I AM! And I WILL NOT!
Read MoreLe Chevalier Sans Peur et Sans Reproche
Many of my bookshelves had quotes hand-written on them. Which have now, sadly faded. The shelf in the last picture used to have the above quote. Iki : Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard Sadly (sob) those days have long gone. Zero Hero. Zero Knights. Zero Saviours. Zero Zeros More Ick : Bayard Heyho. Never mind. […]
Read MoreBEDLAM
The image above is my “Whatev’s. I’ll get back to you when I have time” shelf. Bedlam by Catharine Arnold. ‘Bedlam!’ The very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained among filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William […]
Read MoreHow To Stop a Local Council Enforcement Order : In One Easy Lesson
OK. It’s taken me 24 hours to recover from this. Listen to the conversation that I had this time yesterday. It started with a loud KnockKnock on the front door. Hi. I am xyz from the Council. Here is my ID. It doesn’t look like me right now. No. That photo is of a much […]
Read MoreOK. Ankhesenamun
Wiki : Ankhesenamun As PUBLICLY stated on yt a few days ago – You A L W A Y S win! So it WAS you who Destroyed your Mother & exiled your Sister, Meritaten! WTF? You really don’t like other women, do you? #TheRoadToHELL
Read MoreOops. I Might’ve Mentioned the “T” Word Today!
Yeh. I get it. That’s what prompted the vile message! For the first time in ages I mentioned the T word. TARTAR/TARTARY. How stupid of me? How VERY Dare I? When there are sooooooo many Real “EXPERTS” out there. GB : 24th January 2019 And STILL the poison drips. Drip. Drip. Drip :o(
Read MoreA Mid 19th Century Welcome
This is a page from The Romany Rye where George Borrow describes his arrival in town for the Annual Horse Fair. I wonder which inn he is talking about. Most of them are still here. If it was The New Inn – that would be funny. It’s owned by the parents of The Almaboobies now […]
Read MoreWell. That is Grand To Know!
I have been informed that I’ve deserved every single thing thrown at me for the past 18 months. And that NO ONE has ever stood up for me because NO ONE likes me. Because I AM THE Evil P.O.S!!! OK. Thank you for your unasked for input. What a very nice person you are (??)
Read MoreTimour/Tamerlane/Tamburlaine
? Wiki : Timur Kit Marlowe/RSC : Tamburlaine
Read MoreTimour the Tartar
Wow! The stuff you come across when you’re not even looking! Timour the Tartar. The Equestrian Procession.Act 1 Scene 1. [n.d., but watermarked 1812.]Coloured engraving. 305 x 215mm, 12 x 8½”. Some creasing.“Timour the Tartar” was a grand romantic melodrama in two acts by the prolific Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), with music by Matthew Peter […]
Read MoreLAVENGRO
If you have not read George Borrow’s work, I highly recommend it. I have both the book above and the sequel The Romany Rye. In this second book, Borrow tells the story of how he found himself at the annual Horse Fair that used to be held in town, here. (From the 13th century!) BTW […]
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