“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.”
If there has ALWAYS been such a long and historical and insoluble divide between Christian and Muslim, why does the 11th century MS History give us TWO giant figures who were close to both sides? Haraldr Sigurðarson and Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. Harald Hardradr I have dealt with already. Norwegian. Varangian. Closely connected to the […]
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I’ve spent half a day trying to find an internet picture of The Princess Royal Block, Europa Point, Gibraltar. But all images seem to have been scrubbed. Anyhoo. We lived there. On the second floor. A four bed flat with four balconies. The living room had windows looking onto La Linea, Spain and North Africa. […]
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This is for HGS and his TODAY troll. P.S. Guess who has been deleted AGAIN from Y-tube comments? yadayada – Same Old Same Old. ALWAYS FE channs (?!) P.S. Jonathan Creek solves a Murder Mystery via ye olde ladder lean and Trigonometry too :o) Not bad for a TOTAL mathstard like me…wot wot wot ? […]
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I don’t think that I have ever truly revealed this before but… … I chose the image for my novel with great deliberation after learning about this major ART controversy decades ago. Diego Velázquez painting – And the ART vs HISTORY collision came from – I feel that this is a portrait of Marie. She WAS […]
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A purist would pronounce Alcazaba with a “Castilian Lisp.” It was from watching Agua Cadaver that I found out what an Alca-th-aba really was. And I’ve spent all my visits to Spain in the al-Andalus region…….! Rosemary and Laura are invited to a place near Málaga, Spain to “do-over” the garden of one of Rosemary’s […]
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The picture above is of the “Town Hall” in Coruña. Very swish :o) And less than 50 miles away lies a very famous place of pilgrimage ! Wiki : Santiago Now. That’s rather curious, yes?
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I’ve been researching the River Ebro in Spain, the delta of which is within easy sailing distance of Egypt. This is where Scota and Gaythelos supposedly landed in the B.C. era. Following the course of the Ebro takes you through Aragon (where in the early 13th c Marie de Montpellier married Peter II, King of […]
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NOT an Insult to Scousers. THEY have an amazing sense of humour :o)
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Andreu Marfull has published a new book. Brilliant :o) SYNOPSIS The chronological route is a way of delving into a reality that has been taken from us. This is the idea that embraces this book, and the message that contains its title. This work opens the door to the doubt of the veracity of history, […]
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OMG. I read this book as a teenager. It was one that Nan had borrowed from the library. Jimenez? The Infidel Across a land seething with mortal strife and religious conflict, Jimena Gomez begins the journey from cloistered gentility to passionate courage. Ordered to marry the bold, rebellious warrior who slayed her father – and […]
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oootubia has suddenly banned all views of Rosemary & Thyme Season 3 Episode 4 called Agua Cadaver. Go figure. It’s set in Málaga and contains reference to a Moorish : Wikyawn : Alcazabar And the BS just keeps on BS-ing!!! P.S. Block me all you want. Not bovvered :o)
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