‘Historians have done much to challenge the homophobia and xenophobia that skewed interpretations of James. But the caricature of a weak king drooling over his favourites has proved hard to expunge from the public imagination.’
@alicehunt.bsky.social on James VI and I:
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The ‘puritan’ MP Bulstrode Whitelocke went home on 24 December 1651 to be ‘merry’ with family and friends ‘in this time of Christmas’. It’s not clear if he broke off his celebrations to attend the House of Commons on 25 Dec.
Yes! So would I! Move over Tudors, it’s time for the 17th century now.
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Nick Richardson on alchemy
Helen Pfeifer on Suleyman the Great
@alicehunt.bsky.social on James VI and I
Clare Bucknell on Byron in Ravenna
a poem by Anne Carson
and a cover by Anne Rothenstein.
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Oops, Royal.uk have some updating to do (and, yes, still a counsellor of state as still in the line of succession):
The current Counsellors of State are The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Sussex, Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice.
V pleased to hear my book is in Austria and I hope you enjoy it 🙂
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Delighted you're enjoying Republic, @davidcamburn.bsky.social, and thank you for posting.
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I'd also very much like a multi-series English Civil Wars / Commonwealth / Restoration drama, and it's completely nuts there hasn't been a modern streaming-era one.
