Loot and Plunder
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By Andrew Heavens, author of "The Prince and the Plunder", about how Britain took piles of loot and one small boy from Ethiopia.
Interested in all things pillaged, and in Bob, and in skiffle.
Champion of Wiggle Wiggle on Pod Dylan.
Interested in all things pillaged, and in Bob, and in skiffle.
Champion of Wiggle Wiggle on Pod Dylan.
And while we're at it, here begins the campaign to Return the Benin Brasses...
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
And while we're at it, here begins the campaign to Return the Benin Brasses...
Sacred to the memory would be the way to start it, I guess.
And on the dates, Alemayehu died on November 14, 1879 and was buried in Windsor on November 21.
His generally acepted birthday is April 23, 1861 - rather suspiciously, St George's Day. But I have never seen the source for that.
And on the dates, Alemayehu died on November 14, 1879 and was buried in Windsor on November 21.
His generally acepted birthday is April 23, 1861 - rather suspiciously, St George's Day. But I have never seen the source for that.
June 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sacred to the memory would be the way to start it, I guess.
And on the dates, Alemayehu died on November 14, 1879 and was buried in Windsor on November 21.
His generally acepted birthday is April 23, 1861 - rather suspiciously, St George's Day. But I have never seen the source for that.
And on the dates, Alemayehu died on November 14, 1879 and was buried in Windsor on November 21.
His generally acepted birthday is April 23, 1861 - rather suspiciously, St George's Day. But I have never seen the source for that.
I have never come across that. But it sounds like a beautiful thing to do. An echo of the children's hand prints people keep at the beginning of life.
On death masks. In the small world of Prince Alemayehu Studies, my thing, the search for his mask is one of our holy grails.
On death masks. In the small world of Prince Alemayehu Studies, my thing, the search for his mask is one of our holy grails.
May 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I have never come across that. But it sounds like a beautiful thing to do. An echo of the children's hand prints people keep at the beginning of life.
On death masks. In the small world of Prince Alemayehu Studies, my thing, the search for his mask is one of our holy grails.
On death masks. In the small world of Prince Alemayehu Studies, my thing, the search for his mask is one of our holy grails.
It seems weird. But then I look at the locks of babies' hair - even some milk teeth - that my family has kept over ther generations. We are all just a little odd, and always have been.
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It seems weird. But then I look at the locks of babies' hair - even some milk teeth - that my family has kept over ther generations. We are all just a little odd, and always have been.
i thought you'd like to know
that 'the parrots of the caribbean'
have saved my day
that 'the parrots of the caribbean'
have saved my day
May 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
i thought you'd like to know
that 'the parrots of the caribbean'
have saved my day
that 'the parrots of the caribbean'
have saved my day