“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
A few years back, being early for a dentist appointment, I wandered into the local newsagent and bought a book to read – whilst waiting. It was M.C. Beaton — Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House. Dentist done. Came home. Read a bit more. Threw the book across the room. Shame. Then I came across […]
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From The University of Aberdeen : The History of the Manuscript, Press Marks and Binding The recorded history of the manuscript begins in 1542 when it was listed as No.518 Liber de bestiarum natura in the inventory of the Old Royal Library, at Westminster Palace (Carley, 2000, 146, no. 766). The press mark is on f.1r. This […]
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I LOVE this so much. Is there a word to describe the stage beyond “subtle” ??? “Vatican Cameos is a phrase used in BBC’s Sherlock when Sherlock is about to open Irene Adler’s safe. The phrase first originated in World War 2. It was used when a non-military person, who was armed (gun or […]
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Wiki : Pale of Settlement I learned the TRUE meaning of this phrase from David Suchet. In a documentary. Wiki : David Suchet Of Lithuanian Jewish Descent! And he is, absolutely, my Favourite Poirot. BTW. The books sometimes bear no resemblance to the TV/Movie stuff.
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My order is in and done. Bewley Books – Martin Liedtke YAY :o)
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Oh! I’m a poet and didn’t know it. Dang. Done that one…. Paris *Paris. French city to which the affable giant prince Gargantua is sent to be educated. In the City of Light, he is exposed to the light of humanist learning. The Paris portrayed in this book is that of Rabelais’s own day. Gargantua travels […]
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“Our forefathers and ancestors of all times have been of this nature and disposition, that, upon the winning of a battle, they have chosen rather, for a sign and memorial of their triumphs and victories, to erect trophies and monuments in the hearts of the vanquished by clemency than by architecture in the lands which […]
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Groan. That’s such a BAD title. Heyho. Oracle 260 The wooden house shall cover mortals round. But when the generation tenth shall be Within the house of Hades, afterwards The mighty sway of one of female sex; And God himself shall increase many evils 265 When she with royal honor has been crowned; And […]
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It’s strange but true… When you read the Sibylline Oracles and the Revelation of St John the Divine, it’s almost like the origins of both came from the same source. If you’ve read previous Sibylline posts – you’ll be able to guess who that source ‘may’ be! Also, it’s Possible that Revelation was not originally […]
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Egypt – Zahi Hawass. Nuff said. Thebes. Not Egypt but… Wiki : Thebes, Greece Rhodes. Woohoo :o) Wiki : Knights Hospitaller And if you’re a fan of Lady Dunnett – The Disorderly Knights comes to mind. Rome…m’eh! 205 Cut through the isthmus looking wistfully, Moving against all, passing o’er the sea, Then […]
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For my EngLit exam (which I got a perfectly average B for!) George Orwell’s 1984 was a must read book. Along with the usual suspects….Shakespeare, Dickens, E.M. Forster, Arthur Miller etc. Of them all, I disliked 1984 the most. What a depressing book. It did my ‘ead in. But, over the many. many years since […]
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One of my most precious and loved books is Hurrell’s Hollywood Portraits by Mark Viera. I’ve always had a thing about b&w movies! Whatever you think of Joan Crawford, she was a beautiful fighter. She insisted that Hurrell keep a copy of the original photo. She was a red head with freckles and proud of […]
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