I am a little late for Trafalgar Day, I do apologise, but I thought I'd link to my indirect contribution to the day as an item of interest.

At the archive where I work we have several collections of private papers, one of which is from a the Gasquet family of whom a member - Mr Joseph Gasquet - was appointed ship's surgeon aboard the 18-gun HMS ( Read more... )

Hi guys! Dear nodbear a friend from the US and I visited Greenwich again. The Painted Hall is overwhelming, if I may say so. I thought for all of us who have never seen it (whatever the reason), it would be good to get an impression ( Read more... )

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Today at 9 PM BST at
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A friend sent me this pic today :)


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The poet's doctor's neck cloth: New project. It's called 'ministeck', tiny plastic pieces put together like a mosaique on plastic plates. Yes, it's a lot of work :) But hey! What would a fangirl not do to please the doctor? :) This only a quarter of the piece I intend to make.

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Blog recommendation :) While searching for porn Aubrey/Maturin stuff I came along this beautiful image:


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I admit this is a little earlier in the period than usual, but I thought I'd post it here in case it might be of interest to some of you ( Read more... )