Small and Shocking: microscopy in Restoration London Saturday, 9 February, from 2 pm An afternoon programme about Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, and the ...
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., January 24–May 17, 2008 10am–5pm Curator(s): Alan Stewart and Garrett Sullivan Early modern Britain sought...
Oops, I posted this on the Site News last night, and forgot to copy it to the list. Here you go... Glyn Thomas has discovered a series of monthly talks about...
BLOGS A Book of Blogs? 'Ultimate Blogs' promises to present 27 'masterworks' from the blogosphere in book form. LOL! By Brian Braiker | Newsweek Web Exclusive ...
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2008/02/20/8301.php The site has been mentioned favourably a few times in the press recently, mainly due to its...
At 18:43 +0000 2008-02-20, fluffgmail wrote: ... Well, an acting student at the moment. Don't hold your breath :) Lots more here about my current studies, if...
Nobility in the Colonies, loyalists at the Revolution, landed gentry on and on It is no stretch to claim that the story of eastern Long Island’s hamlets and...
iam intrested in there daily lives. Wat they eat,wore and what they did for amusment. Also the medical side, like the dentist and poor old Samuals bowels!! So...
The oxford 'Life of the Day' -- http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/lotw/2008-03-18 Spoiler -- and not least Pepys ogled her: 26 April 1667 while in her coach 'naked...
The Times, March 20, 2008, Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent A Rubens masterpiece commissioned by Charles I for the ceiling of the Banqueting House in...
Hi folks, Sorry yesterday's entry isn't up yet - it's been a busy week and I completely let it slip by me. I'm just preparing it now so it'll be there shortly!...
Eeek! I was so pleased that I managed to catch up the other day when I was a day behind that I neglected to keep it up! Sorry everyone, it'll be there soon....
By DAVID KAMP Published: March 23, 2008 ULTIMATE BLOGS, Masterworks From the Wild Web. Edited by Sarah Boxer. Illustrated. 343 pp. Vintage Books. Paper,...
This weekend, probably Saturday afternoon or evening, UK time, I'll be moving Pepys' Diary to a new webserver. My hosting provider is gradually moving all...
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2008/03/27/8426.php I’m not really sure what to call this. Tool-tips? Hover help? Anyway, you should now notice...
Just an extra update for those of you on this list. I'm about to switch off the ability to post annotations on the site. It should all be back again later...
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2008/03/30/8429.php The site is now living on a new webserver and everything should be back working again as normal. I...
Survey of London: Secrets of the streets Last Updated: 12:01am BST 12/04/2008 Christopher Howse celebrates the return of a monumental guide to architecture #...
London's 'white slaves' By Caroline Davies Last Updated: 2:05am BST 05/04/2007 As Britain commemorates the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave ...
The last sentence of this synopis reminded me of the notorious child migration schemes which existed up until 1967 - sending children from orphanages in...
Susan Thomas
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Apr 28, 2008 6:53 am
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Perhaps stretching a point a bit, Susan's link is to an overpowering movie. It's available in Oz, I use ezydvd.com.au for antipodeian DVDs. It's PAL system so...
Children were taken from other parts of the UK as well as London - certainly from Scotland. A friend of mine, Frances Mary Hendry, used the scenario as part of...
My father was born on Cleveland Way just off MIle End Road in 1894. His mother died when he was three, he was taken into the Dr.Bernardo homes and lived and...
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... Though this topic-creep, concerning the "orphan trains" see http://www.uoregon.edu/~adoption/topics/orphan.html There were abuses, but also "In spite of...