Showing posts with label Sophistication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sophistication. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 December 2010

Anne Boleyn's Christmas presents

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Claire Ridgway over at The Anne Boleyn Files posts a fascinating article on the presents Anne both gave to and received from King Henry VI...
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Friday, 10 December 2010

December 9th, 1793: The Death of Gabrielle de Polignac

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'Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All...
Monday, 11 October 2010

Fit for a Queen

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The blog Marie Antoinette's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century is hosting a rather fun video, celebrating the legendary wardrobe of the la...
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Mortifying mistake on "Australia's Next Top Model"

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From my other blog - an embarrassing mistake on the live finale of Australia's Next Top Model. 
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Monday, 13 September 2010

"Wait for Me!": The memoirs of the last of the Mitford girls

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"Money and illness and sex were not talked about in those days and they are the only things people talk about these days, aren't...
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Sunday, 6 June 2010

Sandra Bullock's Acceptance Speech

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Sandra Bullock, who this year won an Oscar for her performance in The Blind Side and became the adoptive mother of baby Louis Bardo, has ha...
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Sunday, 30 May 2010

The Mitfords and Marie-Antoinette

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The Mitford girls have to rank alongside the Boleyn sisters, the Lennox girls and the Brontës as amongst the most famous sibling units pro...
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Sunday, 2 May 2010

May 2nd, 1536: The Queen's Arrest

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"And down the river's dim expanse Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance -- With a glassy countenance D...
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