Minoo Dinshaw
@minooframroze.bsky.social
Author, ‘Outlandish Knight’ & ‘Friends in Youth’. 1066-1746 hist (,) lit & lit hist w/ few forays into ancient world & 20th c writing. Recovering Jacobite, unreconciled Roryite
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Portrait of Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (d.1586) by Levina Teerlinc, done c. 1575. (V&A)
Teerlinc was Flemish, & she was one of those who worked for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, & Elizabeth I
Teerlinc was Flemish, & she was one of those who worked for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, & Elizabeth I
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Portrait of Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (d.1586) by Levina Teerlinc, done c. 1575. (V&A)
Teerlinc was Flemish, & she was one of those who worked for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, & Elizabeth I
Teerlinc was Flemish, & she was one of those who worked for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, & Elizabeth I
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In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
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Can’t study English these days because of anti-woke.
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Can’t study English these days because of anti-woke.
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Edgar Allan Poe died on this day in 1849.
Doom.
Plague.
Despair.
Madness.
Creeping existential horror.
He would have loved 2025.
Doom.
Plague.
Despair.
Madness.
Creeping existential horror.
He would have loved 2025.
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Edgar Allan Poe died on this day in 1849.
Doom.
Plague.
Despair.
Madness.
Creeping existential horror.
He would have loved 2025.
Doom.
Plague.
Despair.
Madness.
Creeping existential horror.
He would have loved 2025.
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I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.
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Maria of Burgundy (1457-1482)
undated by Hans Maler, 1480/88 – 1526/29
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
undated by Hans Maler, 1480/88 – 1526/29
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Maria of Burgundy (1457-1482)
undated by Hans Maler, 1480/88 – 1526/29
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
undated by Hans Maler, 1480/88 – 1526/29
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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Brooch depicting lovers 1430-1450, made for the Burgundian Court.
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
September 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Brooch depicting lovers 1430-1450, made for the Burgundian Court.
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
Re Labour’s proposed “hard rain” and adverse reaction to it - why are penurious academics so peculiarly devoted to the interests of their haughtily bloviated administrative tenants in chief, long responsible for starving and slighting them?
May 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Re Labour’s proposed “hard rain” and adverse reaction to it - why are penurious academics so peculiarly devoted to the interests of their haughtily bloviated administrative tenants in chief, long responsible for starving and slighting them?
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What strikes me about the new coronation portrait of Charles III is how it seems to reference portraits of James I and VI (400th anniversary this year) - the first monarch to be depicted, I think, with the crown on the table next to him, and also painted with a window behind him
May 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What strikes me about the new coronation portrait of Charles III is how it seems to reference portraits of James I and VI (400th anniversary this year) - the first monarch to be depicted, I think, with the crown on the table next to him, and also painted with a window behind him
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"Looked on as a young man, because he had always been known as a young man, and had never done anything to compromise his position in that respect"
April 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"Looked on as a young man, because he had always been known as a young man, and had never done anything to compromise his position in that respect"
Reticent does not mean reluctant
May 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Reticent does not mean reluctant
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Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge in Kent, said: "The White Horse has been the symbol of Kent for almost two thousand years. The first king of Kent, Hengest, is said to have used the flag as he and his brother, Horsa, conquered their new kingdom. Denying our flag is denying our history" (GB News)
May 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge in Kent, said: "The White Horse has been the symbol of Kent for almost two thousand years. The first king of Kent, Hengest, is said to have used the flag as he and his brother, Horsa, conquered their new kingdom. Denying our flag is denying our history" (GB News)
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Detail of the young women in the Temple school, from Ottaviano Nelli's scene of the Presentation of Mary in the chapel of the Palazzo Trinci, Foligno (1424). Four hold open books, but the youngest girl at the lower left is just beginning with a sheet with the alphabet.
#ArtHistory #Education
#ArtHistory #Education
May 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Detail of the young women in the Temple school, from Ottaviano Nelli's scene of the Presentation of Mary in the chapel of the Palazzo Trinci, Foligno (1424). Four hold open books, but the youngest girl at the lower left is just beginning with a sheet with the alphabet.
#ArtHistory #Education
#ArtHistory #Education
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Does...she? www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
May 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Does...she? www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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Just writing about Matilda of Boulogne, queen of King Stephen, and I notice that today is the anniversary of her death in 1152. Matilda is of course not to be confused with her aunt, Matilda, queen of Scots, or Stephen's rival for power, the Empress Matilda, or the Empress's mother, Queen Matilda...
May 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just writing about Matilda of Boulogne, queen of King Stephen, and I notice that today is the anniversary of her death in 1152. Matilda is of course not to be confused with her aunt, Matilda, queen of Scots, or Stephen's rival for power, the Empress Matilda, or the Empress's mother, Queen Matilda...
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I am trying to imagine Kemi Badenoch in June 1940. “We shall not yet fight on the beaches,” she might have said. “We are not going to set a random target for fighting in the hills.. we have to consider whether it would mean a drop in our living standards.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
Kemi Badenoch can’t rubbish net zero—unless she has a better plan to save the world
The days when people could get away with outright climate change denial are mostly behind us. But using net zero as the latest front in the culture wa...
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May 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am trying to imagine Kemi Badenoch in June 1940. “We shall not yet fight on the beaches,” she might have said. “We are not going to set a random target for fighting in the hills.. we have to consider whether it would mean a drop in our living standards.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
Absolutely; I insistently add the disguised ww2 trilogies of Steven Runciman and TH White (and indeed LotR) ; I don’t think though that Sword of Honour or Balkan & Levant Trilogies yet get their due
Evelyn Waugh, Olivia Manning, Catch-22! Some excellent WWII novel recommendations here... (and I would have added JG Ballard's Empire of the Sun) www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
The 14 best Second World War novels — chosen by William Boyd and Max Hastings
Evelyn Waugh, Norman Mailer and Joseph Heller are among the writers who used their own experiences to evoke the war in all its hellishness and absurdity
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May 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Absolutely; I insistently add the disguised ww2 trilogies of Steven Runciman and TH White (and indeed LotR) ; I don’t think though that Sword of Honour or Balkan & Levant Trilogies yet get their due
Runcorn most marginal ever?! Poor forgotten North East Fife
May 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Runcorn most marginal ever?! Poor forgotten North East Fife
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William Lyon Mackenzie King used to be an MP for the constituency of Prince, Prince Edward Island (confusingly named after two different princes).
So in the Commons you had Mr King (Prince, Prince Edward Island).
So in the Commons you had Mr King (Prince, Prince Edward Island).
May 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
William Lyon Mackenzie King used to be an MP for the constituency of Prince, Prince Edward Island (confusingly named after two different princes).
So in the Commons you had Mr King (Prince, Prince Edward Island).
So in the Commons you had Mr King (Prince, Prince Edward Island).
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Wallpaper, late 17thC
The pattern is almost certainly adapted from decorative plasterwork. This wallpaper was found at 8 West Street, Epsom, Surrey. This was a relatively modest house, probably built for a London merchant.
(V&A Museum, London)
The pattern is almost certainly adapted from decorative plasterwork. This wallpaper was found at 8 West Street, Epsom, Surrey. This was a relatively modest house, probably built for a London merchant.
(V&A Museum, London)
April 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Wallpaper, late 17thC
The pattern is almost certainly adapted from decorative plasterwork. This wallpaper was found at 8 West Street, Epsom, Surrey. This was a relatively modest house, probably built for a London merchant.
(V&A Museum, London)
The pattern is almost certainly adapted from decorative plasterwork. This wallpaper was found at 8 West Street, Epsom, Surrey. This was a relatively modest house, probably built for a London merchant.
(V&A Museum, London)
Both the Orsini and the Colonna last produced cardinals in the 18th century. All down the seven hills from there
May 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Both the Orsini and the Colonna last produced cardinals in the 18th century. All down the seven hills from there
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In 1659 the restoration of the exiled #CharlesII seemed impossible. It might not have occurred at all but for the forgotten intervention of a blacksmith’s daughter.
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The Maid Who Restored Charles II
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May 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In 1659 the restoration of the exiled #CharlesII seemed impossible. It might not have occurred at all but for the forgotten intervention of a blacksmith’s daughter.
⌛ Last chance to read this archive article for free
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Still Life of Fish and Oysters with a Cat
By Alexander van Adrianssen, first half of the 17th century
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
By Alexander van Adrianssen, first half of the 17th century
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
April 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Still Life of Fish and Oysters with a Cat
By Alexander van Adrianssen, first half of the 17th century
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
By Alexander van Adrianssen, first half of the 17th century
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
Both sides said this sort of thing over the Grand Remonstrance
The Alberta separatists truly are dolts.
In what universe should constituent units within a federation be able to say, “Elect the national government we want, or we’re leaving the country”?
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In what universe should constituent units within a federation be able to say, “Elect the national government we want, or we’re leaving the country”?
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April 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Both sides said this sort of thing over the Grand Remonstrance