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To my eternal delight, the wreck of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s flagship, preserved its firewood deep in its hull for the marine archaeologists to find and bring to the surface in the late 1970s. What was found matched almost exactly the wish list of a Tudor cook and the regulations governing the sale of firewood. Over 600 logs were found, comprisi
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For Susan Mossman Taylor Forever Ago
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WTF Happened In 1971?
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when she was employed recently on the BBC production of Wolf Hall to be the hand double and weave some finger-loop braid,
Ruth Goodman • How to Be a Tudor
Leiber and Stoller contracted to write and produce material for the Coasters, and created one of the most entertaining series of hits associated with rock ’n’ roll. The two men were among the few writers to put to advantage rock ’n’ roll’s restriction on verse forms – the fact that images needed to be specific, complete, preferably succinct. Accept
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Tom Prior
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If importance in popular music were measured in terms of imaginativeness, creativeness, wit, the ability to translate a variety of experiences and feelings into musical form, and long-term influence and reputation, Chuck Berry would be described as the major figure of rock ’n’ roll.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
He was the door out of the 60s into the 70s. You could be silly again
WD But Mr Puri. I’ve told you before. I don’t have any mules. Here or in England. MR PURI Nonsense! All Britishers have mules. How else did you Britishers defeat our great Sikh armies? How else did you come to rule our India?