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Happy Chinese New Year, and welcome to the Year of the Snake.

adminFebruary 10, 2013August 18, 2020

Quite coincidentally, I spent the weekendre-watching the 13-part classic BBC series I, Claudius from 1976, the openingContinue reading

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On 1 February, Abigail Nussbaum had some new Pride and Prejudice thoughts

adminFebruary 6, 2013August 18, 2020

Among them that Darcy is “an introvert desperately trying to tamp down [his] anxiety atContinue reading

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Remains dug up in Leicester were those of Richard III

adminFebruary 4, 2013August 18, 2020

I’d known via The History Blog that coming out today was an announcement on whetherContinue reading

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Set back the cause of feminism and female suffrage

adminFebruary 1, 2013August 18, 2020

I was dismayed to learn from the 24 January 2013 issue of The London Review of Books thatContinue reading

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From my costume collection is this detail from the Atlas silk ÅŸalwar

adminJanuary 31, 2013August 18, 2020

From my costume collection is this detail from the Atlas silk ÅŸalwar (very wide trousers) for aContinue reading

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200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

adminJanuary 30, 2013August 18, 2020

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication (not the writing) of Jane Austen’s PrideContinue reading

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Among the things I’m learning from Foyle’s War

adminOctober 9, 2012August 18, 2020

Among the things I’m learning from Foyle’s War is what “barrage balloons” were (to damage/redirect enemy planes,Continue reading

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Some fiction I’ve been reading lately include Hilary Mantel’s 1992 historical novel A Place of Greater Safety

adminSeptember 10, 2012August 18, 2020

Set mostly in Paris during the French Revolution. A review had recommended it, so IContinue reading

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After too long a hiatus, I’m back

adminAugust 28, 2012August 18, 2020

With loads of stuff to add to the blog. For now, I’ve updated the Links page andContinue reading

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Seems that I’m not the only fan of actor Sean Bean

adminApril 17, 2012August 18, 2020

Seems that I’m not the only fan of actor Sean Bean who’s rebelling against theContinue reading

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  • Yesterday I repeatedly watched the video of the amazing Sarah Horn singing a duet with Kristin Chenoweth of “For Good” from the musical Wicked at the Hollywood Bowl on 23 August.
  • Re-read Elinor Lipman’s mainstream comic novel Isabel’s Bed (1998)
  • My Alcantarea imperialis is blooming nicely.
  • Spring finally arrived to stay
  • I just had a “Well, there it is” moment.

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