“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’m nothing special. But I know how to research history. Cashel is connected to Muirchertach Ua Briain and therefore Magnus Barelegs/Norway/Wales/Dinefwr and the Ravens of Ravens of Dinefwr. I pulled ALL of my original research sources for this (MY) novel in progress…in progress…still in progress from this website. Why? Because about 10 years ago I […]
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I was advised to read this fictional book MANY years ago as I researched mine own novel. The Club Dumas I WILL admit to missing many of the references within the book. A Study in Scarlet? Dante’s Divine Comedy? Milton’s Paradise Lost? Gone With the Wind? Moby Dick? The Hunchback of Notre Dame? I once […]
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O Giddy Aunt. This is my favourite love to hate story. If you read the original by Dumas or the multiple “mystery solved” books or even watch the film below ….. ….No. I retract watch the film below. Apart from watching the brilliant comedies of Irons, Malkovich, Depardieu, Byrne and Hugh Laurie, this film is […]
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It’s amazing what knowledge you can pick up from other people. I already knew about his good (mad, bad, dangerous to know) mate, the Russian helicopter pilot who was shot down in Iraq. He flew a Hip. Survival of the Fattest? Hip? Link? The helicopter that drops the cargo in Mongolia for Clarkson, May and […]
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What do you do if you go to the Highlands of Scotland and get greeted with “Come Ben?” Well. You say, “Thank you.” And then walk into their home. But why “ben” and not “in?” It’s all to do with the architecture of the Butt and the Ben. In Ye Olden Days, the butt was […]
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When I read this along side of the many other sources that I have been researching this past year – it makes sense to me. In a weird and wonderful way :o)
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Looking at these pictures – Very Old ! A medieval woman. A Cavalier. A Tsarina. A Far Eastern Community. Wow! Or maybe they are all photos of Victorian/Edwardian Costume Balls ? ! ? Much like film stars today, the rich and famous of yesterday spent mucho money and a lot of time SETTING A SCENE!
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Oh My Giddy Aunt. I’m so disappointed in myself :o( For a girl who has spent a lifetime knitting and sewing and crocheting, WHY have I never heard of Nålebinding before? It is now known exclusively as a Scandinavian craft but the image above is of a pair of Nålebound socks found in Egypt, dating […]
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History is OBSESSED with severed heads. John the Forerunner, the Highlander, Traitors who have their heads displayed on pikes, Icahbod Crane and the Headless Horseman, the White Lady who carries her head under her arm. Too many heads? P.S. My mother-in-law, when she was young and newly married had a “party piece.” The Dance of […]
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After Richard Burton comes Ken Bran. After KB is Michael Fassbender. Two films that I’ve seen with MF. Quentin Tarantino (hang on)……Inglorious Basterds. Was Michael the character who gave them all away with the 3 fingers? I need to rewatch. Also – After The Funeral with David Suchet as Poirot. Gimme a minute to recover […]
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Which WITCH is WHICH? I, personally, have a preference for THIS Witch aka Pagan aka Celtic Wheel of the Year. Sue Me? BTW…I have until Samhain (Oct 31th) to perfect MY crappy homemade Calendar :o)
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If you know the legend of Robin Hood or The Merry Wives of Windsor, you’ll know about Herne the Hunter. There is an old tale goes, that Herne theHunter(sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest)Doth all the winter-time, at still midnightWalk round about an oak, with great ragg’d horns;And there he blasts the tree, and […]
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