(reminder) and 'American English' version (@davidveevers.bsky.social ) on Wednesday, 22 October, at 8 am EDT 😁

I’ve just seen a short clip from the PBS version: great narration!

Excellent - enjoy! There will be another version in Germany too, I understand. Mary Stuart’s world tour!

You’ll enjoy it, I’m sure.
Yes - the Mary letters are a great windfall of words! Such a joy to work on!

Thanks, Eilish! If you haven’t seen it, the epic French version, which is longer, is a better guide to the letters themselves - the decryption and significance of which are more the focus there. Strong recommend: ARTE app or their YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Kq...

Ha ha! Yes - until his next opportunity to do otherwise…

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For ‘famously’ read ‘allegedly’, in my view. The ‘evidence’ concerning Buchanan’s schooling of James VI has been much misunderstood.

Chamberlain’s letters are great. Thanks for sharing. Tripping on the stairs needn’t mean James was tipsy, of course, and the existence of the newsletter suggests that the fall was not covered up.

Thank you, Neil. This is most kind! I really enjoy that moment of Jacobean political psalmody!