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"In Britain many men sleep with one wife, and many wives lust after one husband," reports a Russian chronicler
This is not the only mention of polygyny and polyandry in the British Isles. Already in Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War there is an account containing the detail that "[in Britain] ten or twelve men have wives in common, and particularly brothers with brothers, and
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The myth of the cat that ate Thomas Hardy's heart, disputed by his biographers
The Cat That Took the Poet's Heart. One of the strangest stories of burial is attributed to the funeral of the English poet Thomas Hardy in 1928. Hardy lived to the age of 87. His body was cremated and the ashes interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster
London · Observations · Society · Humour
The Bank of England is considering replacing the images of Winston Churchill and other historical figures on its banknotes with other "symbols of national identity"
The Bank of England is considering replacing the images of Winston Churchill and other historical figures on its banknotes with other "symbols of national identity". Among those named are Stonehenge, the oak tree, fish and chips and football. Though why stop at fish and chips? Let us go
London · Monarchies · Society · Humour
George II moved the monarch's birthday to summer, and since 1748 it has been marked on 14 June
No, Charles III was not born on the same day as Donald Trump. But it so happens that both of them celebrated a birthday today. Only Donald Fredovich does so by right of birth, whereas Charles Philipovich does so by right of the crown. The point is that all English
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I did not know that since 2022 Kate Middleton has held the honorary ceremonial post of Colonel of the Irish Guards, one of the elite regiments of the British Army
Architecture · Art · London · Museums
New open storage facility displays Picasso's theatre work and a colonnade from Agra
The Victoria and Albert Museum's New Storehouse Opens in London: Exhibits May Be Viewed Up Close and Without Glass, and Almost Any of the Hundreds of Thousands of Objects in Its Holdings Can Be Studied in Detail by Request in a Special Room. Among the notable exhibits are
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The Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953, 72 Years Ago
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The British Museum is simply a whole mountain of random things that were carried off from other countries and cultures
The British Museum is simply a whole mountain of random things that were carried off from other countries and cultures. It only strengthens the view that being British is nothing to be proud of. The only thing that was British was the enormous queue at the entrance
Art · London · Humour
“The Lament for Icarus”, a painting by Herbert James Draper from 1898
A Lovely Tan, but at What Price! The Lament for Icarus, a painting by Herbert James Draper, painted in 1898
London · Monarchies · Mores · People · Humour
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus very nearly ran her down
Prince Philip's aunt and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's niece, Queen Louise of Sweden (1889-1965), née Battenberg, often visited London, and once a bus very nearly ran her down. After this unpleasantness, Queen Louise, when walking the streets of London, always carried with her a small card
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