#england
The Violins of Saint Jacques is the only novel by Patrick Leigh Fermor; when first published it boasted this lovely dust jacket by Robin Ironside. Today marks the second anniversary of Paddy Leigh Fermor’s death, but his reputation as a writer continues to thrive. The final volume of his journey on foot from Holland to Constantinople, The Broken Road, will be published in September.
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Happy 200th birthday to the Manchester Guardian.
The Guardian newspaper has just turned 200 years old. The paper reports the classifieds which saved young lives at the time of the Third Reich.
Juxtapose this with the stance from another British newspaper, the Daily Mail:
If it’s woke/SJW/snowflake to appreciate the Guardian, in an era of increasing populism and ethno-nationalism, then I’m happy to be woke.
Misogyny, sexim, ageism, xenophobia, homophobia, climate change denialism
UK cabinet ministers musing on Tony Abbott becoming trade envoy…
got girls✨
- Death of Anne Boleyn and Ibrahim Pasha,1536
horoscope-queens
horoscope-queens
got quotes x the spanish princess x the tudors
Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day
powerful mother & daughter
God is a woman
I don’t know if only I or the rest of you notice how modern culture places English history the most (especially the Tudor and York dynasties,etc) on TV. Don’t get me wrong, they really deserve attention and they are interesting, but I think there are many other European (world!) dynasties that deserve a lot of attention. Again, don’t get me wrong, I adore those series, but I wish there were more series about Russian history, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, about the ancient peoples of America, Africa, Asia, about ancient Greece, Rome, etc … No hate, just my opinion! If you have any suggestions about some other historical shows (or movies, it doesn’t matter), feel free to answer me! Don’t you agree?
Halime⚡️
