by David West | Oct 25, 2022 | News
We visited the British Library last week, and I bought Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. The book features in the wonderful book and film, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Following yesterday’s post about misogyny, I can’t help...
by David West | Oct 24, 2022 | News
Misogyny is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as, dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. Talking of Oxford, since conducting research for Fire and Earth, I have had to admonish my alma mater (university, school, or college one formerly...
by David West | Oct 23, 2022 | News
Following on from artists and composers of Sir Anthony Standen’s lifetime, I concentrate today on writers. I’m looking at writers active between 1547 and 1627. I think we all know where we have to start. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) is widely regarded as...
by David West | Oct 22, 2022 | News
As with yesterday’s post, I will focus on music in the life of Sir Anthony Standen. Broadly speaking I will cover the period 1547 to 1627, we do not know the exact dates, other than that his first job was as master of horse to Lord Darnley, when he travelled to...
by David West | Oct 21, 2022 | News
I posted yesterday about visiting The Courtauld Gallery. Whilst there I bought a book: Look at this if you love great art, by Chloë Ashby. Leafing through it has reminded me how often I have featured art in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. I’m not sure why, I just...
