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Happy Special 24th June Day!
Happy Special Day! | June 24th 2008 by Carine Vanhoutte
Gemstone of the MonthPearlFlower of the Month: RoseToday is a very special day for Nomanda as it is the birthday of our best and oldest friend, Peter. We have known each other since the early ‘70’s when we worked together in Wembley. Sadly it was read more
About Sweet Potato
Healthy Articles | June 20th 2008 by kanrich
Sweet potatoes in their many varieties are a highly nutritious food, easy to prepare, heavenly tasting, and extremely versatile on any menu. In his first voyage to the West Indies Columbus discovered many new foods which he brought back to Spain. Swe read more
United Kingdom - Part II
Whetstone - Sharp Commentary on Today's Topics | June 18th 2008 by Jerry Jansen
Settling into our coach seats, the little group of 19 slowly got to know each other as we started across the English countryside. We were all either Americans, Australians, Canadians, or New Zealanders. Of course, Phil didn't waste time and called us read more
Picture Monday, June 16, 2008
Horst Household Happenings | June 16th 2008 by Barry
While I was looking through the old pictures last night I came across an old program from 1932. I enjoyed looking at it and some of the advertising within. It is from the Colorado Springs area and was for a presentation of "The Wives of Henry the VII read more
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Movie Mom | June 9th 2008 by Nell Minow
Take away the sumptuous settings and Hollywood glamour and what you have here is like Henry VIII for Dummies enacted by the cast of the OC. Natalie Portman plays Anne Boleyn, who became the second of Henry VIII's six wives... read more
Anne Boleyn Gets The Chop On "The Tudors"
Megan's Minute | June 2nd 2008 by Megan Smith
If you didn’t cut history class when they covered Henry VIII in high school, you knew what was coming last night during the finale of “The Tudors.” Poor Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, the woman he changed the history of... read more
Plugin Hog Stays For Lunch/ It’s Time For Ann Boleyn To Leave
Virginia Breeze | May 31st 2008 by David
OOoooops. I left my PlugonHogDetector on for a few hours while I was off getting lost in my bookmarks. That’s not good. It leaves all these funny numbers on your blog and on top of other stuff. But all it is really doing is discovering how read more
Happy Special 30th May Day!
Happy Special Day! | May 30th 2008 by Carine Vanhoutte
Flower of the MonthLily of the ValleyGemstone of the Month: Emerald Our friend Henry VIII gets a mention today as it was on this day in 1536 that he married his third wife, Jane Seymour. Not one to let the grass grow, he married Jane just 11 days aft read more
Antidisestablishmentarianism…
Watching and Listening | May 29th 2008 by Elizabeth
Sorry. Sorry. Another word blog. This word means opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. When Henry VIII wanted to establish another church other than read more
#70 ~ The Lady Elizabeth
The Literate Housewife Review | May 21st 2008 by Jennifer Conner
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir I had eagerly anticipated this book from the moment I first heard about it. When I heard that Tracy had a copy, there was virtually no stopping me from purchasing it and reading it immediately. While the writing wa read more
Fertility in History - Happy Anniversary (to the Head of) Anne Bo…
Fertility Notes | May 19th 2008 by Gabrielle
Ah Anne, I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Probably because this show is currently the reason I look forward to the ends of my weekends, my Sunday nights. Today is a memorable day for you, Lady Anne. After a brief marriage and far too read more
1536: Anne Boleyn
Executed Today | May 19th 2008 by Executed Today
On this date in 1536, Anne Boleyn lost her head. Any queen decapitated by her king would of course rate an entry in these grim pages. But this does not quite explain Anne Boleyn’s enduring appeal, relevance and recognizability for the most ca read more
Happy Special 6th May Day!
Happy Special Day! | May 6th 2008 by Carine Vanhoutte
Flower of the MonthLily of the ValleyGemstone of the Month: EmeraldUpcoming Special Days11 May - Mother's Day (US)17 May - Armed Forces Day (US)26 May - Memorial Day (US)29 May - Oak Apple DayIn a modest attempt to show that he wasn’t all bad it wa read more
THE TUDORS
Period . Drama . Period | May 4th 2008 by Karaa
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (2008)The only thing that could come between these sisters... is a kingdom.The official film site.A lavish 2008 Hollywood adaptation and remake of a BBC 2003 television film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Br read more
Happy Special 2nd May!
Happy Special Day! | May 2nd 2008 by Carine Vanhoutte
Flower of the MonthLily of the ValleyGemstone of the Month: EmeraldUpcoming Special Days11 May 2008 - Mother's Day (US)17 May 2008 - Armed forces Day (US)26 May 2008 - Memorial Day (US)29 May 2008 - Oak Apple Day It seems as though most of the world read more
THE TUDORS
Period . Drama . Period | April 26th 2008 by Karaa
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (1969)He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!"I've stabbed and fought and clawed...I've looted and plundered...ripped and torn the bo read more
Carnivalesque XXXVIII is up...
Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History | April 21st 2008 by Cardinal Wolsey
Carnivalesque XXXVIII is up at Walking the Berkshires. Lots of interesting Early-Modern posts from last 2 months or so.Oh yes, and today is the day that Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, aged 17. The painting by an unknown artist shows Henry read more
Happy Special 21st April Day!
Happy Special Day! | April 21st 2008 by Carine Vanhoutte
Gemstone of the MonthDiamondFlower of the Month: SweetpeaUpcoming Special Days22 April - Earth Day23 April - Administrative Assistants' Day (Secretaries' Day)23 April - Saint George's Day25 April - Arbor DayToday had been a happy day in history for p read more
Eltham Palace
Daithai C | April 13th 2008 by David Caldwell
Dry Moat and BridgeEntrance Bridge over moatIn what is now the London suburb of Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich there is a surprising juxtaposition of an ancient royal palace and a modern Art Deco home. Along and near the River Thames in Sou read more
Groom of the Stool
My Cool Job | April 12th 2008 by Carrie Lowery
It’s Casual Friday again (okay, it’s Saturday morning…just blame my ISP), and this week we’re going to take a look back in history at a Cool Job that no longer exists. I first read about this job in a wonderful book by Alliso read more
Green Leaves :)
RawReform - the natural way to weight loss | April 10th 2008 by Angela Stokes
Well, the mischievous musical membranes of my right hemisphere appear to have been at it again and here is their latest creation, over on YouTube:Green Leaves – a Raw Food MedleyEnjoy :)As I’m sure most of you are aware, this is an adaptation of read more
THE OTHER BOLEYN - MARY
Travels (and more) With Cecilia Brainard | April 9th 2008 by Cecilia Brainard
Everyone told me not to see The Other Boleyn and so I didn't. I bought the book however. It's historical fiction by Philippa Gregory. What can I say? The book is readable; it's light reading; the characters do not have a lot of complexity to them read more
Holiday Notes Easter 2008
Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History | April 7th 2008 by Cardinal Wolsey
Cardinal Wolsey was on holiday in France last week, and was pleased to pass a sign on the autoroute pointing out the Champ du Drap d'Or (Field of the Cloth of Gold), near to Calais.This was the extravagant meeting in 1520 between Henry VIII and Franc read more
Word origins: hobby, limousine
The Engine Room | April 4th 2008 by James Clark
Here are a couple of examples culled from recent TV programmes.Evidently Henry IIX kept a stable of "hobby horses", leading to the use of the word hobby for any pastime that takes up a lot of time and money, though for some reason his use of decapita read more
Why won't Catherine of Aragon just shut up?
Passion = Truth | April 2nd 2008 by Jeff Ircink
Season 2 of The Tudors just started on Showtime. Catherine of Aragon was Henry VIII's first wife and Queen of England, but as she could not bear Henry any male heirs, he tired of her and eventually married Anne Boleyn.Practically every scene with Cat read more
My Pajamas Need A Good Washing
OMYWORD! Did I Say That? | April 2nd 2008 by Omyword!
I've been a little stuck lately. So, I thought I'd write about it and maybe in the process, get unstuck. I'm not stuck in a writer's block way. I have plenty to write about. I'm stuck in an overall, general malaise sort of way. Where I look at my blo read more
TV: Week of Mar 30
VH Corner | March 30th 2008 by velveetahead
Recommended The Tudors Channel: SHO Time: 9/8c Premieres: Sun, Mar 30 Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeremy Northam, Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Nick Dunning, James Frain Trailer Synopsis: Last season, Hen read more
Happy Special 30th March Day!!
Happy Special Day! | March 30th 2008 by Carine Vanhoutte
Flower of the MonthJonquilGemstone of the Month: BloodstoneThis day in history has been a big and happy day for lots of people going back over the years.I must mention, because of the Belgian influence in Nomanda, that it was on this day in 988 that read more
#110 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics
1979 Semi-Finalist | March 26th 2008 by 1979semifinalist
I’ve already written a massive review about this book, so I’ll spare you. Suffice to say the book pretty well rocked, and the movie was one of the most horrible pieces of crap I’ve ever seen in my life. The comic is a pretty acc read more
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
MoviePress | March 25th 2008
This is a film that history-oriented minds may find appealing. This point in English history is crucial to the emergence of a “new England” in which The Church of England is born, bearing the shape of Catholicism but with the Pope/Prince read more
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