“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.”
The video below had me scurrying to my shelves to disprove wiki info. Darn. St Bart’s WAS “founded” by a jester called Rahere. Henry I’s jester. As in Henry I, youngest son of William the Bastard Conqueror. OG Source RRAN 2 (Regesta regum anglo-normanorum) numbers 1794, 1795, 1943, 1761…and NO…these are NOT dates. Anyone who […]
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Y’all’ll have to watch the whole thing to see the Charlie Chaplin link. And even that GREAT Hollywood star talked BS in his memoirs. It was NOT Strychnine. George Chapman real name Severin Klosowski. Inspector Aberline named this serial murderer as a possible Jack The Ripper. BTW : He was what was called a Barber […]
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My brother’s wife and I spent a weekend in the Savoy, London when their daughter was a baby. Oh. She is now a teenager! She and I had great fun. A suite. When the Hotel had all those glorious 1930’s features. We stayed in the Bar until after midnight, surrounded by photos of previous guests. […]
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If the Turgot 1739 map didn’t impress, how about Agas Map1572, London. In the image above from the Elizabethan 1572 map you will see Somerset Place on the river, next to the Savoy. I used Turgot to walk my characters around Paris and this map to do the same in London. By 1625, when Marie […]
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The first time that I stayed in the Savoy Hotel was with my brother’s gorgeous wife. Their daughter was about a year old. Niece-y is now 17. Wh-aaaa-t? Anyhoo. Sis and I went a-wandering down the Strand and found ourselves in a side street with John Inman and another walking towards us. I said…Hello, Mr […]
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A few years back, Himself and I got fam members to look after the house, boys, dogs, cats whilst we went on a 3 day Jolly to London…30th, 31th, 1st. Over the New Year. We stayed at the Savoy. DING DONG. And on New Year’s Eve we walked a Pub Crawl in the opposite direction […]
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AS if my life isn’t complicated enough, right now! I’ve left this one alone for well over a year because of the major complexities and the fact that I knew that I needed to learn a bit more about a lot more before I could even begin to make sense of it. As you can […]
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Tomorrow is Bonfire Night here in the UK. Ever since I was a child, baking potatoes in the Bonfire in Scotland, I’ve LOVED this night. Have y’all watched the show below? Kit Harington agreed to do this because of his ANCESTORS. One of them being called Catesby. And his mother (a Catesby) named him after […]
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…Much as I love you. Please……Puhleasies…stopping playing French men in movies. Especially Charles VII who betrayed Jehanne d’Arc. Or Johnny English’s arch enemy? Please? P.S. A THREEFER. Natalie Imbruglia (Johnny English’s Saviour) – TORN? I LOVELOVELOVE this song. As if y’all didn’t guess :o)
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I first came across this proverb about Sejanus whilst researching the 17th century. The name was applied to both the Duke of Buckingham and Cardinal Mazarin to denote Extremely Powerful Men who obtained their fame and fortune through dubious means. There seems to be some confusion over the name though. Does it refer to the […]
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I might’ve given away my total admiration for Cate Tate – once or twice (?) I also love Shelia Hancock aka Mrs John Thaw (Inspector Morse) Put the pair of them together as Nan Taylor and her Crazy Sister from Spain and you get a Genius Female Classic Comedy Cockney Couple :o) Signed….Yackie
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Blame my Father. He had a photographic memory too. And his was far better than mine! Forever ago a #desperate “person?” typed this exact line in a Live Chat. Mmmmn. And still that Q is up for debate. Really ? ? ? Whatev’s. P.S. Inspired (as always) by the Divine Dolores…the image above is me […]
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