Thursday, 29 December 2011

An homage to Tom Thomson

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A decade ago, I found myself in Canada on a Sunday morning with a few hours to spare. At that time of the day, in that season, Edmonton,...
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Sunday, 11 December 2011

Catherine of Aragon's Spanish sisters: A swathe of widows.

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Is there a collective noun for widows ? Perhaps a “misfortune,” “swathe” or “veil” might be appropriate ? In late Fifteenth and early Sixte...
Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Inside the Treasure Box

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My father-in-law John, runs a second hand bookshop down in Folkestone, which receives a variety of donations from rare and antiquarian books...
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Monday, 28 November 2011

Henry VII's half-hearted attempts to woo women.

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The King wants a wife, or does he ?                                                             The bereaved king On a blustery night in ...
Sunday, 20 November 2011

Fertility, Marriage and Motherhood: Women of Elizabethan Burnham

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                       The Cholomondely sisters, married and delivered on the same day, c1599 Situated on the north bank of the river Cro...
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Monday, 14 November 2011

The Birth of Impressionism: private visions and public ridicule

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 Monet's "Impression, Sunrise," 1874, which inadvertently gave the group its name.     It began in Paris, in the 1860s. A gro...
Tuesday, 8 November 2011

The Lost Tudor: Elizabeth of York

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Some Tudors are more popular than others. In TV series, films and novels, there are Tudors and then, there are Tudors . Without doubt, ...
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