Tartan vs Plaid
This may interest those of you who are interested in textiles and the history of same.
I came across these rather fascinating (to me anyway) bits of information after just reading a fan fic that described Minerva McGonagall's wardrobe as consisting of 'tartan plaid'. I was listening to a bit of Scottish folk music today too, so, being in that frame ( Read more... )
I came across these rather fascinating (to me anyway) bits of information after just reading a fan fic that described Minerva McGonagall's wardrobe as consisting of 'tartan plaid'. I was listening to a bit of Scottish folk music today too, so, being in that frame ( Read more... )
Did you manage to watch it all? I just couldn't.
Both my sisters loved it, and I couldn't even watch it all. They treated me as though I was a heretic and deserved be burned at the stake.
Oh... I have to do it...
'Do not tie me to a stake - I'm a vegetarian!!' (Spike Milligan playing Bluebottle in The Goon Show)
300, because it was obviously stylised, the lovely GB and assorted nice looking fellas and the costuming (or lack of?) of course made it okay.
One good thing to come out of 300 was my son's interest in ancient history - he's even taken it as an elective in his senior years, and he's thrilled that they're actually studying Sparta this year. He reckons, and quite rightly, that the actual Spartans are much more interesting, although he still likes the movie. Funnily enough, so does his Ancient History teacher. He gets the kids to research to see what's inaccurate in the movie - it works well as a teaching aid in that respect, and got them all enthusiastic from the start of the year (our school year starts in late January).
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