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The Mood for the Whole Day, If You Woke at 7 a.m.
The mood for the whole day, if you woke at 7 a.m. Sleep. Albert Moore
NB! · Pop Culture · Humour
Your picture of the world when you watch REN TV
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And Not a Single Bond Was Strained
London · Monarchies · Mores · Humour
The English Royal Family Prefers to Travel by Helicopter
If you need to get from one castle to another, deliver a basket of pies to Grandmamma, or attend a charity event in aid of widowed knitters in the depths of the countryside, the helicopter really is the finest means of transport. A helicopter is most convenient for setting down
London · Monarchies · Observations · Mores · Humour
Dinners in honour of Elizabeth II in 2002 and 2012 and the table manners of guests
Every ten years a gala luncheon is given in honour of Elizabeth II for heads of state: in 2002 with the leaders of Europe, in 2012 with the rulers of the world. And in any company, of course, there will turn up certain characters who plant themselves with their shanks
NB! · Archaeology · Museums · Observations · Humour
Officially, this naked 2,500-year-old terracotta fellow from Boeotia is grating cheese, but as a man who has seen far too much contextual advertising, I am convinced that what he holds in his hands is a bar of Soviet household soap
NB! · Observations · Rome · Humour
Elephants in Rome
Elephants in Rome. Hannibal, is that you again?
NB! · Archive · Mores · Humour
Do you know how to spot the prostitute in this contest, open to both men and women, in a sixteenth-century German manuscript?
Do you know how to spot the prostitute in this contest, open to both men and women, in a sixteenth-century German manuscript? She is the only one in her underwear
NB! · London · Monarchies · Humour
This year Camilla moved up one seat closer to the throne 😔
NB! · London · Monarchies · Society · Humour
The English joke that the Queen will miss the State Opening of Parliament's new session, with Prince Charles taking on this constitutional duty of the head of state
Faith · Books · Monarchies · People · Humour
Dysentery of Saint Louis on crusade in Jean de Joinville's book of 1309
In the prologue to Jean de Joinville's book of 1309 on the life of the French king Louis the Saint, four occasions are listed on which he showed knightly valour, risking his life for others. One of the four perils that met the king on his path through