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Anne of the Thousand Days. April 2018.
Dear Rowley, One of the most formative films I ever saw on the television as a child was Anne of the Thousand Days. The title refers to Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, who reigned for 1000 days before … Continue reading
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Tagged A Man for All Seasons, Academy Award, Amy Winehouse, Anne Boleyn, Anne of the Thousand Days, Billie Holiday, Carry On Henry, Charlotte Rampling, Claire Foy, Dear Rowley, Dorothy Tutin, Duke of Northumberland, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Taylor, Faye Dunaway, Genevieve Bujold, Harry Percy, Hever Castle, Hilary Mantel, James Sherwood, Jane Seymour, Judy Garland, Julie Christie, Katy Perry, King Henry VIII, Kylie Minogue, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Maggie Smith, Marilyn Monroe, Merle Oberon, Nathalie Portman, Olivia Hussey, Pinewood Studios, Richard Burton, Sid James, Sir Thomas Moore, Taylor Swift, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Tower of London, Vanessa Redgrave, Wolf Hall
Rivalry. October 2017.
Dear Rowley, The Anne Boleyn license to print money continues apace with Alison Weir’s ‘factional’ novel Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession available in all good bookshops. Weir is a historian and has tackled the Six Wives previously in a work of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Boleyn, Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession, Bring Up The Bodies, Dear Rowley, Henry Norris, Hever Castle, Hilary Mantel, Holbein the Younger, James Sherwood, Jane Seymour, King Edward VI, King Francois of France, King Henry VIII, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Mary Boleyn, Queen Anne, Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Tudors, Thomas Cromwell, Tower of London, Tudor, Wittgenstein, Wolf Hall
Superstition. January 2017.
Dear Rowley, As a tribe, writers are suspicious. We all have rituals necessary to get from bower of bliss to desk; necessary as it happens when nobody is watching and one only has self-discipline and a January tax bill for … Continue reading
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Rear Window. October 2016.
Dear Rowley, Well, old Bantu Bottom has finally managed to thrust her bazookas into my consciousness. Good God I’ve tried to ignore the phenomenon known as the Kardashians. I have not kept up with a single episode of their reality … Continue reading
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