Archive for October 2020
Pearls – The Prestige Never Dulls
When Queen Elizabeth sat for the artist who painted what became the renown Armada portrait series, she offered us a veritable treasure trove of information – a timeless commemoration of the Tudor Queen’s success in defeating the Spanish armada. Her hand on the globe, the imperial crown in the background, stiffly seated in a fantastically…
Read MoreAgincourt; hell hath no fury like an Englishman scorned?
The 25th of October this year is the 605th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt; a battle that has developed almost mythical status, what with the various versions that abound. But putting discrepancies aside, it does have all the ingredients for a blockbuster storyline, doesn’t it? Young and ambitious king; in a foreign land; troop…
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