narya wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 11:40 pm
So I went to the Auschwitz exhibit yesterday. I wept for two hours straight as I stood witness. They did not pull any punches with their presentation.
I've been to a more than a few such exhibits. They are hard and can be overwhelming, but shouldn't be forgotten.
In the course of researching my ancestry/family tree I read about Talerhof/Thalerhof, often considered the first concentration camp which was from WWI. It interred many Carpatho-rusyns (from modern day Slovakia) and also Lemko's (Poland) & Ukrainians.
Eldy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:15 am
Andrew Tate keeps loosing to Greta(s):
And others.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
I was pretty flabbergasted by this, so I'm going to post it here for posterity.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Are they still going to do that thing where the King's Champion rides in, throws down his glove and threatens to fight anyone who challenges the crownee's right to be king?
(as I recall, at the coronation of George IV, a sweet little old lady picked up the glove and handed it back to him, telling him "I think you dropped this")
Wow. It really does seem a bit over the top, doesn't it?
Just a bit...
I have my BritBox subscription, and am ready to take it all in...
How often do you get to see something like this? I'll be 70 in 10 days, so this is likely going to be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take it all in.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
Jude wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 2:18 pm
Are they still going to do that thing where the King's Champion rides in, throws down his glove and threatens to fight anyone who challenges the crownee's right to be king?
Arguably the most ancient artefact being used in the coronation, though its age and origin is in dispute:
There is a rumour that the monks at Scone Palace actually hid the real stone in the River Tay and tricked the English troops into taking a substitute. In addition, geologists have proven that the stone seized by Edward I was quarried in the vicinity of Scone rather than in biblical Judea. It's likely that a more ancient stone was used to crown the kings of Ireland, and this was probably brought first to Antrim from Tara and then to Scotland by King Fergus, but sometime after that it was replaced by the present stone that was quarried close to Scone.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
Jude wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 2:18 pm
Are they still going to do that thing where the King's Champion rides in, throws down his glove and threatens to fight anyone who challenges the crownee's right to be king?
What... happens if somebody does?
I wondered that too, especially since the King's Champion is a hereditary role, rather than someone chosen for their fighting prowess.
But apparently the coronation of George IV was the last time this ceremony occurred. William IV didn't have a coronation banquet, and it was decided to skip it at Victoria's coronation, and hasn't been revived since.
Actually, it sounds like the solution for a game of Clue...
One of the characters in the game is actually name Peach, but it's Miss Peach, not Lord Peach!
And the traditional murder weapons do not include a sword.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
My mom would often say 'the English come up with the weirdest names!'
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
Penny Morduant fell short in her bid for Conservative Party Leader and PM last year, but she’s gotten some rave reviews for holding the Sword of State in her role as Lord President of the Council (and in a Greek-inspired outfit I understand she designed herself). Some of the reviews are a bit too rave, but if she does make some sort of comeback, it’ll be the first time in recent memory a British politician has used a sword to advance their career.
The King looked decidedly glum throughout the service. He only seemed to brighten up with the Gospel Singers. They were impressive, and certainly wouldn’t have been accepted in the Abbey in the last Coronation in 1953!
Much of the ceremony is weird to a modern audience, particularly all of the bits about upholding the Protestant Succession which date to 1688. But even the most hardened anti-monarchists agree that the moment of anointing to the rising chorus of Zadok the Priest is pretty impressive.
(The anointing of the Sovereign with holy oil is the most sacred ceremony of the Anglican Church and is screened from public view).
My mom would often say 'the English come up with the weirdest names!'
