Helen Castor
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Helen Castor
@hrcastor
Blood & Roses, She-Wolves, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, THE EAGLE AND THE HART
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Joined August 2016
- when I am queen I shall mostly be wearing thisAn 1895 Arts and Crafts velvet coat in a deep pansy, with a vast medieval collar, hand-embroidered with sprays of Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata), a wild flower much loved by the Elizabethans. By Marshall & Snelgrove, a London department store specialising in bespoke dressmaking.
- I am useless. I took not one single photograph. But I did see the wonders. And was overwhelmed. If you can, please go. And if you can’t, there is a wonderful book-of-the-exhibition. Margaret Paston, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc in one room. Astonishing.Joan of Arc’s signature ! ‘The new exhibition @britishlibrary on Medieval Women is full of wonders
- when you want your book of hours in dark mode
- How it started, 1972
Helen Castor: ‘I’d rather not live in such interesting times’ theguardian.com/books/2024/oct… - Love these pics of Glenda Jackson having a fag and a pint in between takes on set for the 1971 film ‘Mary Queen of Scots’🍺🚬 👑
- On his way back from Jerusalem in 1393, Henry Bolingbroke was given a leopard, which had its own cabin when they sailed from Cyprus to Venice, and ate a third of a sheep per day.
- *clears throat* I have some news (brought to you via the wonderful @BookBrunch) I am very excited and must now go and do some work
- One of my favourite people, who has a talent for time travel among many other things - what an honour for a Friday morning
