Since posting that splendid picture the other day of Eliza Carthy with the ship on her head I've been looking for the original French wig that surely inspired the photoshoot and I've finally found it. Allow me to present the height of fashion in naval head gear....


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"I despair I really do..." to quote a certain Admiral Lord Exmouth who must be spinning in his grave right now ( Read more... )

Well that's helpful... As well as abolishing the UK Museums Libraries and Archives Council (wtf?!) and the UK Film Council the Tory bastards Coalition Government have also just announced that they are going to abolish the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites and Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships. I have to confess that I haven't ( Read more... )

Oh my fucking god. I knew fandom could be, shall we say, a little strange but I had no idea just how strange until I stumbled across this. This is just beyond weird, and wrong on so many levels that I don't even know where to start.
EDIT: Sadly this video has been locked :( I did wonder if it was prime material for a cease and desist request ( Read more... )