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Londons

13 Thursday Jan 2022

Posted by la Clarina in History, Things

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Agas map, Braun and Hogenberg, Horwood's Plan, Know Your London, London, Romantic London

Oh, I don’t know…

This is in part because, after two years, I’m very much missing London. And besides, I’m working on Book 2 of the Tom Walsingham Mysteries, so I’m up to my ears in research…

Do you mind if I share a few lovely things I’ve found? Continue reading →

Sonnets, highways, and napkins in the fridge

09 Thursday Jul 2020

Posted by la Clarina in Scribbling, Theatre

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Agas map, Estienne's Chemins de France, Shakespeare's Sonnets, theatre, writing

Tax-rolls for the names, the Agas Map of London, rope (or not rope) ferries, lute music, woodcuts and their elements, leagues and miles, Estienne’s Guide des Chemins de France, post horses, ruffs and collars, the (not very long) way from the Quai des Bernardins to the Rue des Anglais in Paris, the right way to take a bow, original frontispieces,  light hours in November, and Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day, Cadiz 1596, wives inheriting, Channel crossings, Thomas Platter… Continue reading →

Carboard London

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Agas map, Charles Dickens, Museum of London, Simon Costin, The Gentle Author, William Raban

Last night my friend M. sent me this image:

CostinBW

It’s the cardboard diorama Continue reading →

Wrong Side

19 Thursday Feb 2015

Posted by la Clarina in History, Scribbling

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Agas map, Bishopsgate, first draft, historical novel, Holborn, London

BishopsgateBishopsgate.

Bishopsgate.

Bishopsgate, damn it – not Holborn. Bishopsgate.

I seem to suffer from a curious affliction that makes me read “Bishopsgate” and understand “Holborn.” Repeatedly. For weeks – and, what’s worse, for chapters. Continue reading →

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