tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post2597771357306232150..comments2024-03-20T03:11:21.756-07:00Comments on The Great Raven: August 31 - On This Day! Sue Bursztynskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-91156886976188256832021-09-10T23:41:13.346-07:002021-09-10T23:41:13.346-07:00Hi Debra! It’s great that The Hollow Crown had so ...Hi Debra! It’s great that The Hollow Crown had so many wonderful actors. I’m currently watching Richard II and realising that the Duke of York is the amazing David Suchet, under that beard! <br /><br />Lucky you, getting to see all that stuff! I did go to Glastonbury, but I was staying in Bath at the time and the buses were not regular, so we went through Wells, where we got a chance to see the cathedral with that breathtaking 15th century clock of the jousting knights, while waiting for the next Glastonbury bus. We got about two hours in Glastonbury before having to take the last bus back to Bath. So yes, I saw the monastery grounds, but that was it. I do remember reading somewhere that the mediaeval monks there decided to get in the tourists by creating the “graves” of Arthur and Guinevere. It worked, too! Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-67813158948358652532021-09-10T23:30:45.603-07:002021-09-10T23:30:45.603-07:00Hi Anita! I do remember it was a Sunday, and I was...Hi Anita! I do remember it was a Sunday, and I was doing the housework, listening to th3 radio. Possibly you were doing the same. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-79809668271648031022021-09-01T03:34:15.647-07:002021-09-01T03:34:15.647-07:00I don't remember to that level of detail what ...I don't remember to that level of detail what I was doing when I heard about Diana, but I was at home!AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-42984982247973984122021-09-01T03:30:09.214-07:002021-09-01T03:30:09.214-07:00Happy anniversary, Guillaume!
Hels, I think none...Happy anniversary, Guillaume! <br /><br />Hels, I think none of us are professionals until a publisher buys the book! 🙂 He took notes about his life, printed it up and eventually sold it. It was a bestseller before he died, which is nice to know,<br /><br />Hi Kate! The death of Diana really is a “where we’re you?” Event for those of us who are old enough to remember it, isn’t it?Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-39558172718559553452021-08-31T18:57:47.552-07:002021-08-31T18:57:47.552-07:00When Princess Diana died, I was in the bath. I'...When Princess Diana died, I was in the bath. I'd stayed over after a party at the home of the man who was to become my husband -- one of our earliest dates. No bath at my place so I was taking advantage.A latte beckonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-38591955655681033732021-08-31T16:50:56.244-07:002021-08-31T16:50:56.244-07:00It's also the day I got married.It's also the day I got married. Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-19928731109497367792021-08-31T15:38:47.538-07:002021-08-31T15:38:47.538-07:00A Fortunate Life was wonderful, both in the origin...A Fortunate Life was wonderful, both in the original book form and the later TV series. How did Facey, not a professional writer, get into publishing a book?helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792877540911251690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-21629308362472238992021-08-31T07:00:46.922-07:002021-08-31T07:00:46.922-07:00I really enjoyed the series "The Hollow Crown...I really enjoyed the series "The Hollow Crown," especially the performances by Jeremy Irons (Henry IV) and Tom Hiddleston (Henry V). Speaking of Joseph of Arimathea, when I was in England 12 years ago, I visited the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury on Wearyall Hill. This was about a year before vandals cut it down, alas. There is a second tree (also said to be from his staff) on the grounds of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey. That one remains.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com