“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’ve just half watched something that set me on one of those (for me, usual) research quests. And I came across something very unexpected! A Gest of Robyn Hode Not only was I sent back to Middle English again, but also to Wentbridge, Yorkshire. Way, no way, cried I. Robin came from Nottingham. Sherwood Forest. […]
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Guess what I’ll be re-re-re-listening to tonight! Because I’m SURROUNDED BY THEM – Both HISS&HERS And If I shout SNAKES & BASTARDS one more time today……….!
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Lee Miller is in my Top 5 list of Amazing Women! LEE MILLER In the 1920’s she was a “model” and some of her most famous pictures were taken by … MAN RAY #ImageAbove As well as being photographed by him, Lee was taught how to take photos (by him.) Her later career was as […]
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I’ve always loved the title of this poem :o) It’s about Swords and Sorcery and Carlos Magnus/Charles the Great/Charlemagne. So much to do, so little time – this came as a side-note to my recent research and I’ve yet to fully figure out why. Could it be the Canto below? ? ? Roland, who long […]
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Proverb : If you judge or condemn someone else, you stand to be judged or condemned according to the same standard; do not judge unsympathetically or hypocritically. Judge not, lest ye be judged.” I have been judged – multiple times – and found guilty E V E R Y S I N G L E T I M E. But…for what crime? MY Holier-Than-Thou judges […]
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The Red-Headed League
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There are several reason why I LOVE Alan Davies. Funny. Arsenal. Jonathon Creek. QI. But the one that gets me every single time is his adorable slight Lisp. #Schwoon times LOTS. An Ooooops moment? ? ?
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Yes. OK. I might’ve exaggerated the “ALL Got It In For Me” part. ‘Swhat I do. Shrug. Begrudging thanks :o(
Read MoreIf I played this song at Max Vol, my boys would have a young childhood memory activated. My Bad. I might’ve played it a bit too often back in the day :o( I’ve had a Recent Craving. For a tattoo. Mmmmn! Where, GB? On My but/But/Butt! Just can’t decide what. Or when it’ll be “allowed.” […]
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When I was a teenager, I went to the Army&Navy Recruitment Centre in Lincoln and did their test to see if I was suitable for H.M. Forces. I’d already picked the corps I wanted to join but, for some strange reason, the recruitment officer asked me to reconsider and apply for the (see image above.) […]
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My reply to this future question – “No Shit, Sherlock. What gave me away?”
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Hidden History Research 