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New Schreker, Pettersson, Weinberg and Debussy out today. We’re being spoiled!
@17thCenturyLady @MuseumCromwell @penswordbooks @kristianjmartin @quintonjournals @cheapsellotape @tomb1649 @CryssaBazos I’m going to nominate James II’s visit to Banbury in 1687. He was attacked by a dog, so pulled out a pistol and shot it. The noise startled the Earl of Abingdon’s horse, throwing the Earl out of the saddle and leaving him with a nasty boo-boo...
Time for an odd-one-out round:
King John
Oliver Cromwell
The Restoration Duke of Lauderdale
Viz Magazine
‘I hear the Palace of Westminster is very beautiful. We should visit it as tourists.’
My new favourite historical person is this lady pretending to be VERY SHOCKED at a dildo stall in 1680.
'Queck'
(BL, Add 49622, f. 190v. The Gorleston Psalter. 1310-1324)
Nothing to see here. Just a C17th German painting of a woman having a wee while wearing spectacles on her bum.
Meanwhile in the 17th century - a barbershop for cats that clearly pays peanuts.