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I said I would continue about Sir Henry and his tents and so here it is. Yes, he was the Master of the Tents, and when there was a problem with rain/snow coming into the Revels Office (based in Clerkenwell, near the Red Bull) a record of his using one of his tents to remedyContinue reading “Speaking of Scaffolders (2)”

Water, Water, Everywhere and all of it caused by Witches! Queen Anna of Denmark was born on the 12th of December 1574, which makes today the 450th anniversary of her birth. Eva Griffith and a group of actors have been working towards a three-part series of her life as a teenager, marrying King James VIContinue reading “Happy Birthday Queen Anna of Denmark!”

My home has had problems with water just recently. There has been a huge leak in the second bedroom that has gone on since before Lock-down. The landlords have put scaffolding up and done works to address a range of issues meeting the demands of current housing acts. At the moment it is a storeContinue reading “Scaffolders…”

Copyright Alon Alush, from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 3/10/2024 I said to somebody today: “You wouldn’t think I like writing comedy, would you?” But sometimes something is so serious, it’s hard to put a comic spin on it. First of all, I would like to wish a Happy New Year to all my Jewish friendsContinue reading “Dominus Flevit: The Tear Chapel in Jerusalem”

4/9/2024 The disease of Polio has been much in the news recently because of a ceasefire in the current Gaza/Israel conflict. The no-doubt welcome lull in this horrible war has resulted from the discovery of Polio among Palestinian children. The children of this community are currently undergoing a course of anti-Polio treatments. Poliomyelitis is anContinue reading “Polio and Water: Memories of an Australian film produced by Walt Disney”

I am writing in a café in Islington and I see many men in shorts. “Why are they in shorts in wintertime?” I think. I mean… so many of them. They are allowing quite a large proportion of their body to meet the cold! What’s worse – they are probably runners. Running plus the wind-chillContinue reading “Step-fathers and Water”

Overdone it a bit? Feeling the pinch around the midriff? Not to mention the bank balance. Recently my husband and I visited Turkey to attend a marriage ceremony. We had a great time. Too great a time, as a terrible bout of indigestion kicked in, at one point, for my other half. Could he getContinue reading “Post-Festive: A Lemony Cure from Turkey”

The air is very soft here, where I am. We’ve just had a Coronation, and I’ve come away from London so I can appreciate it, as one would a work of art. And a work of art it was. Spiritual, musical, historical art.In the nights before the ceremony, I caught glimpses – on the televisionContinue reading “On a Serious Note: Contradictions and Conflicted Feelings”

Maggie Steed and Peter Quince star in a completely barmy one-off script I have written, based on the Coronation Form transcribed in my last post (before I consulted the Oxford English Dictionary). Performed practically sight-unseen by two brave friends. Hurrah! No Frenchman was harmed during the making of this audiofile. Vive La France! Long LiveContinue reading “Bath-time for the King: an old Coronation form rehearsed”

Taken from British Library Lansdowne MS 285. https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=3997 Here is a modernised transcription of a form of a coronation. It is published here to mark the crowning of King Charles III. Extracts from Folio 2 onwards: First the Prince that is now to be crowned the day before his Coronation shall be 1 | apparelledContinue reading “‘The Maner and Forme of the Kyngis and Quenes Coronacion in Englande’”