Hidden History Project : So Hidden That No-One Can Find It…LOL

Mmmm. OK. SHUKRAN For That Public Quote about ME yt…………………………………………………. Barf! Hidden History Project/Research aka Dark Ages aka An Age of Light (?) Islamic Art, anyone? I have seen and marvelled F1SRT Hand. P.S. When you travel to Islamic Countries you also SMELL their vibe. OUD/Incense. The place smells AmazeBalls :o) P.P.S. She and I […]

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WHY? : Aberdeen ANNIE

I will NOT apologise for being given this video right below the last video. WHY? P.S. If you watch the Who Do You Think You Are episode about Annie Lennox…you’ll see that she is also a Scottish peasant who came from the slums (?)

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August 2018 : Shadow Self

Within a few days of opening this website I wrote three (off-the-cuff, from the heart) articles about writing HisFic. GB 4th Aug 2018 : HISTORICAL FICTION: RESEARCH & WRITING – EPISODE 1 GB 5th Aug 2018 : HISTORICAL FICTION: RESEARCH & WRITING – EPISODE 2 And then – to compound this truthful GB atrocity – […]

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Analysing Lady Macbeth

Today – Lady M would be labelled a DISTORTED FEMININE. A woman who ruthlessly seeks HER wants and needs through her famous spouse. She ridicules him. Manipulates him so much that he comes to a crucial point in his life when the ONLY thing he can do to appease her malicious and baleful nature, is […]

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The Beautiful Curse

When I first made my website here live in July 2018, I was happy and hopeful and so delighted with this way of sharing some of my work with other people. Never once did it cross my mind that I had just opened up a whole world of unbearable personal pain. Collette (in the video […]

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The FALL of MAN

Please – correct me if I’m wrong. And I could very well be because I’m not a Biblical Scholar but…Wasn’t The Fall of Man blamed on Eve? The Fall of Man ORIGINAL SIN and all that jazz. Oooooh. Who’s Sorry Now ?

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Lucknow

If y’all watched all of the Billy Connolly WDYTYA videos, you’ll have seen Lucknow. 1857/8 #TheBuildings? When we lived in a secret Military location, somewhere in Hampshire, the main buildings were called Kimberley House and Ladysmith House. Not India – South Africa. Boer War Vibe. Same old war. Different Country? Welcome to History. Siege of […]

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Jargon

special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.”legal jargon” Similar:specialized language technical languageslangcantidiomargotpatterpatoisvernacularcomputereselegalesebureaucratesejournalesepsychobabbleunintelligible languageobscure languagegobbledygookgibberishdouble Dutchlingo-speak-esemumbo jumbogeekspeak ARCHAIC a form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, or hybrid. There is a lot of truth in that saying about “when the time is right…” It has been […]

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Everyone HATES a Highlander!

Y’all have seen the film. The only way to get rid of The Highlander is to chop off his/her head. A bit like John the Forerunner, yes? When the head is severed from the body – the tongue can no longer speak TRUTH. Dear JT, dear friend : There are just too many links between […]

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Barbarian (?) Viking NORTHMEN

I am totally in love with this series. And the way the presenter presents each show. His enthusiasm is infectious :o) I might have a very different view on the “timeline” but that doesn’t stop my enjoyment…not least because I always learn something new! The scene with him in the LongBoat wearing the Viking Horned […]

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Venetian Doors

Although I will not completely throw away the idea of “Built by Giants, For Giants” – the paragraph above gave me pause for thought. As I’ve been in Venice and walked the back streets… far away from St. Mark’s Square, I can NOT disagree with the IRL observation that the palazzo doors in Venice are […]

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Built By Giants, For Giants?

Or are there more mundane reasons for the size of doors on older buildings? I have no idea!

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