I think the 2nd Duke plumped for “Ormonde” over the “Ormond” of his grandfather, the 1st Duke. Appropriately francophone-seeming given his self-imposed exile there, and in Spain.

One of my happiest memories from my Norfolk childhood was seeing Morris Dancers or step dancers perform in the garden of a pub.

Much maligned (unfairly) due to Dumas’s historical fiction. He was an exceptionally able minister who played a key role in consolidating French power in the seventeenth century.

'Oh, Wee only permitt younge Henry 30 minutes of folio time everie daye for it corrupts ye minde.'

Sleeping lion, Rembrandt, c. 1645-1660

(Musée du Louvre)

Fellow academics, but really fellow humans: I urge you to please listen to this all the way to the end. This is how the vast majority of your Jewish friends feel right now.

Book of Common Prayer (1638) bound for Charles II when Prince of Wales.
Embroidered design in silver thread on blue velvet, with the Prince of Wales feathers to centre within Garter badge, with crown above between initials C.P (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

100%. It is not the place of universities to take official positions on Gaza, BLM, or anything else.

#Friday fact: Did you know that Fairfax's Chair is on display at the National Civil War Centre. For those who might not know, Sir Thomas Fairfax was commander in chief of the New Model Army during the British Civil War. Entry is free for Newark and Sherwood residents.

Sylvain Bonnet - Généalogie des Bourbons, 1688.
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25 Apr 1660: Convention (Parliament) meets in #Westminster to begin the formal process of the Restoration of monarchy #otd (BM) And on Oliver Cromwell's birthday too - he would have been 61.

Happy 425th birthday Oliver Cromwell!

You don't look a year over 424.

#HappyBirthday #Cromwell

I’m hoping this does not flop. #HenryBard on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Do check his music out on all of these platforms, he sings English folk music and his main inspiration for it is actually the Civil War!

Please check out his profiles in the comments/replies:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

'What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty.

Daniel Defoe, who died on this day in 1731 aged around 71 - London-born novelist, journo, merchant, spy & pamphleteer who wrote 'Robinson Crusoe' (1719) & 'Moll Flanders' (1722) #WritingCommunity #writers #history #literature