Monthly Archives: January 2012
An Intimate History of Your Home – a new article from the History Today blog
Hello there. As my latest book is out in paperback this week, I thought you might enjoy an article explaining what it’s all about. This was published yesterday on History Today’s blog. Do check the rest of their site out too, heaps of interesting things. ‘My everyday routine as Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces takes me
Continue ReadingNicknames for the Four Georges – my favourite of your answers
You had some nice ideas! I think my favourites are: 1 – ‘Loveless’, 2 – ‘Lucky’, 3 – ‘Loopy’, 4 – ‘Licentious’ Or maybe: 1- ‘German’, 2 – ‘Grumpy’, 3 – ‘Ga-Ga’, 4 – ‘Gargantuan’ ‘Ga Ga’ and ‘Gargantuan’ came up more than once, so there’s def. something there. I also quite like: 1 – ‘The Unlikely’ 2 –
Continue ReadingNicknames for the four King Georges – I challenge you!
A fun problem at work today – what accurate and memorable monikers can we come up with for the four King Georges to help people remember which was which? (Think Scary, Baby, Ginger, Sporty and Posh…) The ‘mad, bad, sad and fat’ of the Horrible Histories song ‘Born To Rule’, which although brilliant, doesn’t really
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