Sir Walter Raleigh was executed on this day in 1618
I didn’t treat Raleigh sympathetically in The Spy who Sank the Armada. Sir Anthony Standen was working for Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and Essex and Raleigh were rivals. Putting that rivalry aside, there is much to like about Raleigh. Raleigh was a consummate...
Giveaway
Giveaway? Yes, I have some promo codes for my audiobooks. The first two books in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures are now available as audiobooks on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. They are: The Spy who Sank the Armada, and Fire and Earth. The Spy who Sank the Armada...
Audiobook Audible Progress
I have two pieces of news. Firstly, the second book in the series, Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Fire and Earth, is now available as an audiobook. Together with the first book, The Spy who Sank the Armada, they’re available on Audible and iTunes. The third book, The...
Tales From Shakespeare
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...
Misogyny and Women in Education
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...
Renaissance Writers
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 the...
Renaissance and Baroque Music
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...
Artists and Sir Anthony Standen
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...
Brushstrokes
We visited the Courtauld Gallery yesterday, where I stood admiring Manet’s painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, for some time. There is a glass on the counter. As I examined the glass more closely, I marvelled at the detail, how perfect the glass was, how it...
Sir Walter Raleigh was executed on this day in 1618
I didn’t treat Raleigh sympathetically in The Spy who Sank the Armada. Sir Anthony Standen was working for Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and Essex and Raleigh were rivals. Putting that rivalry aside, there is much to like about Raleigh. Raleigh was a consummate...
Giveaway
Giveaway? Yes, I have some promo codes for my audiobooks. The first two books in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures are now available as audiobooks on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. They are: The Spy who Sank the Armada, and Fire and Earth. The Spy who Sank the Armada...
Audiobook Audible Progress
I have two pieces of news. Firstly, the second book in the series, Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Fire and Earth, is now available as an audiobook. Together with the first book, The Spy who Sank the Armada, they’re available on Audible and iTunes. The third book, The...
Tales From Shakespeare
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...
Misogyny and Women in Education
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...
Renaissance Writers
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 the...
Renaissance and Baroque Music
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...
Artists and Sir Anthony Standen
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...
Brushstrokes
We visited the Courtauld Gallery yesterday, where I stood admiring Manet’s painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, for some time. There is a glass on the counter. As I examined the glass more closely, I marvelled at the detail, how perfect the glass was, how it...