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"Dark Knight by Edward Tsang" by wristsackville
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2021-12-29

Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford and 9th Baron Howland of Streatham, Surrey was born 16 October 1819. Liberal MP for Bedfordshire. Married to Elizabeth Sackville-West

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2021-10-16

September 24, T.A. 3018.

From midnight, Bag End legally passes to the ownership of the Sackville-Baggins Family.

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2021-09-25

Happy ! Virginia Woolf stayed here at Blo Norton Hall in 1906. She had an affair with Vita Sackville-West. They were both married and we would probably call them bisexual today. In 1926 Vita wrote: “I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia”.

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2021-09-23

Bilbo and Frodo share a birthday today. Here's an illustration of the two of them I did a while back. I think we should all be more like Hobbits, except of course the Sackville-Baggins. Don't be like them!

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2021-09-22

Olga Ionajtis' illustrations for the 2005 Russian are a treasure trove of jewel-like imagery. Here's four gems: super cool Elrond translates the moon-letters; Bombur portage; Thorin and Co experience gold fever and greedy Sackville-Bagginses plunder Bilbo's stuff

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2021-08-25

Born in 1892: English author Lady Nicolson (1892-1962)

Portrait drawing by (1872-1945), 1925

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2021-03-09

Happy birthday to Vita Sackville-West, prolific fiction writer, prize-winning poet, and accomplished gardener. Find out more about this fascinating woman and her connections to National Trust places here: https://t.co/dmF0IkVmpM

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2021-03-09

Did you guys check out Sackville Public Library's story walk at 's Bill Johnstone Park last week? 'The Snow Knows' by and illustrator It is today's Featured in-store! 💕🇨🇦📚🦊

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2021-02-23

So, hold up your hand if (like me) you sometimes get nostalgic for the days when the One Ring was just a cool magical artefact used by Bilbo to taunt spiders or dodge dragons, goblins and Sackville-Bagginses.
Come on, folks, you can admit it...
(Art: Laima Eglïte 1991)

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2021-02-14

Watercolour by Pam Sackville

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2021-01-11