“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.”
I have mentioned several times that my “sense” (for want of a better word) of history stops around 1745ish. I’ve never been interested in studying the Georgians and Victorians. But – as you may’ve noticed – I have recently been bumping into (as in I don’t pick them, they pick me) many videos like the […]
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A thousand stories but always the same plot line, characters, acts, denouement, crap ending! Stand and Deliver. Your Money or YOUR Life! Timon of Athens V ibe STILL extorting money with menaces!
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I love that phrase. And I know someone (with more Scandinavian DNA than me) who has a far greater knowledge of the Isles than I do! Slàinte mhath, fellow Outlander :o) One day we may get to The Orkneys and the King, Hereafter.
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Zip :o( Finds found just lying around the Sahara Desert.
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Different spelling. Same name. Rhys ap Tewdwr, King of Deheubarth was killed in battle 1093. If I give myself the entitled title Doctor…Will I become yt “rich&famous” ? No offence, Dr Kat :o( Why is the Heir to the BRITISH Throne now known as HRH The PRINCE of WALES?
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I could go all day with THIS but…. Clueage : The USUAL Timeless Fake as Facker put Two Lions in Nemea here :o) I’m a poet and didn’t….oh. Done that one :o( Find part 1 yourselves. #Toobusy P.S. Y’all probably know this already but – ref the image above by Peter Paul Rubens – Rubens […]
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Four times in my adult life I’ve lived within driving distance of Midhurst, Sussex. I was delighted. And visited the town many times, always alone. WHY? Well. Because I grew up being influenced by Nan (NanaAnne, as my boys called her) who was a Voracious Reader and who introduced me to Anya Seton before I […]
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I mixed up my Mistresses here :o( I was going to link the above to someone called Camilla, now married to someone called Charlie. I got the Edward VII right, but exchanged Lillie for Alice Keppel. Easy mistaka to maka ? All the same old, same old FARCE (?) Bits on The Side OMG. Edward […]
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Many years ago I researched and wrote a short novel titled Veritas. It centred around Paris, 17th century, the #first theatre there, their pre-police police force and Louis XIII’s brand new (?) Jardin des Plantes. I never published. Veritas became such an over-used word. Which is not a crit of Sean. Just life in general […]
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Ages ago, I found my writing side-tracked as I researched 17th century wax masks. It wasn’t wasted and produced a few lines. Little did I know that this subject would still be relevant today. It seems it Always was though? P.S. Pellicule is the French word for Pellicle.
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From a very young age, I wanted to be an Egyptologist when I grew up. I’m glad that I never had the chance but it didn’t stop my fascination with Egypt throughout many years of researching their “ancient” history. What does that have to do with Scota? Well – according to legend Scota (from whom […]
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…Did it EVER cross my tiny mind. That one day, I’d be given the chance to link the above image with the below video. P.S. Robbie (Lamont) is a Scots Guard in the employ of George Villiers and Louis XIII of France. Feeling Fizzy :o)
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Hidden History Research 