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This is What Women Wore in Bygone Times
Tags: Antigonus, Apollo’s Temple, Bohemia, Camillo, costume, drama, Elsie Dayne, Emilia, Florizel, head dress, head-dress, headdress, Hermione, Iris Hart (1910-1983), jealousy, John Alden (1908-1962), John Alden Shakespearean Company, Leontes, Lucille Robinson, Mamillius, Mavis Turner, medieval costume, medieval dress, oracle, Pauline, Perdita, performance, Perth, Polixenes, Shakespeare, shepherd, shepherdess, Sicilia, stage, The Winter’s Tale, theatre, WA, Western Australia, William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Famous Cathedral
Tags: “medieval splendourâ€, anniversary, Apostolic Administrator, Apostolic Vicar, Apostolic vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia, Bishop, Bishop Ernesto Coppo, Bishop John Jobst, Bishop of Cologne, Bishop Otto Raible (1887-1966), cardinal, Cardinal Frings, Cardinal Griffin, Cathedral, Catholic jurisdiction, Catholicism, celebration, ceremony, Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Diocese of Broome, Kimberley region, Lord Pakenham, north-west Australia, priest, Roman Catholic Church, titular bishop, tradition, University Hall, vicariate
A Medieval Romance
Tags: “Anglo-Saxon Chronicleâ€, “Life of Alfredâ€, “The King Livethâ€, Alfred the Great (848/9-899), Anglo-Saxon, annals, army, Asser, Athelney, battle, book, book review, Chippenham, chronicle, Danelaw, Danes, East Anglia, Edington, Ethandune, Guthrum, historical romance, invasion, Jeffery Farnol, king, novel, Ó”lfred, recreation, romance, romanticisation, siege, victory, vikings, war, Wessex, West Saxon, Wiltshire
A Medieval Inspiration
Tags: clothing, dress, fashion, gown, headdress, medieval lines, moire, pearl, simplicity, trimmings, wedding, wedding dress, women’s fashion
"Men Call Me a Fool"
Tags: Adonis, book, book review, books, court, duchess, fool, Francis I (1494-1547), hunchback, king, literature, medieval France, nobles, professional fool, review, tragedy, troubadour
A Bereaved Empire
Tags: Augustus, Augustus (63BC-19AD), bereavement, British Empire, corn laws, Darius (550-486BC), death, democracy, emancipation, Empire, enfranchisement, free press, free schools, grief, invention, Louis XIV (1638-1715), loyalty, medieval proclamation, monarch, monarchy, mourning, nation, political equality, progress, Queen Elizabeth (r.1558-1603), Queen Victoria (r.1837-1901), railway, reform, republic, republicanism, royalty, science, sovereign, steamer, telegraph, triumph
"Saint Joan"
Tags: “Saint Joanâ€, Albert Chevalier, Atholl Fleming (1984-1972), battle, Bishop of Beauvais, Bluebeard, British stage, Bruce Winston, canonisation, Captain La Hire, cast, characters, Charles de Ponthieu (1403-1461), Charles VII, Christopher Casson (1912-1996), Dauphin, Donald Eccles (1908-1986), drama, Dunois, Earl of Warwick, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Hilda Davies, His Majesty’s Theatre, Hundred Years’ War (1336-1453), Inquisitor, Jeanne d’Arc, Joan of Arc (1412-1431), Ladvenu, Leonard Bennett, Lewis Casson (1875-1969), maid of Orléans, medieval France, Michael Martin-Harvey (1897-1975), New Theatre, page, Perth, play, Poulengey, Rheims Cathedral, Robert de Baudricourt, Rouen, saint, Saint Joan, saints, St Joan, St. Joan, stage, Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), T. Tracy, theatre, theatrical production, trial, warrior, Zillah Carter (1864-1941)
Untitled article: “the medieval barbarities of our state criminal factoriesâ€
Tags: crime, criminal, criminal justice, Fremantle, Fremantle prison, gaol, Geraldton Express, imprisonment, incarceration, innocence, just, justice, medieval barbarity, parliamentary enquiry, penal system, prison, prison reform, prison sentence, punishment, reform, Royal Commission, violence, WA, Western Australia