#Kenneth Montague

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As We Rise: Celebrating Black Life Through Photography at Saatchi Gallery

Celebrating Black Life: A New Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery A groundbreaking exhibition has opened today at the Saatchi Gallery in London, showcasing the vibrant and diverse beauty of Black life through photography from African diasporic cultures. Titled ‘As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic’, this exhibition will run until 20 January 2025. Curated by Elliott Ramsey, who is known…

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Yesterday I finally watched Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' and here are some of my impressions (in memes):

Dance of the Knights:

MacMillan | Nureyev

Nureyev's Mercutio Variation:

Mercutio: *dies in agony*

Tybalt:

Prostitutes when Tybalt dies:

MacMillan's Lady Capulet when Tybalt dies:

MacMillan's Lady Capulet when Juliet dies:

Romeo and Juliet after the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt:

Lord Capulet when Juliet refuses to marry Paris:

Romeo at the Tomb of Juliet:

Benvolio:

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Monkey D. Luffy/Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

Kyojuro Rengoku/Akaza (Demon Slayer)

Mikhail”Misha” [Heavy]/Dr. Ludwig [Medic] (Team Fortress 2)

Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)

Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng (Guardian, 2018)

Oliver Marks/James Farrow (If We Were Villains)

David Starsky/Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson (Starsky & Hutch)

Tinn/Gun (My School President)

Loki Odinson/Mobius M. Mobius (Loki)

Jaime Reyes/Bart Allen (DC Comics)

Levi Schmitt/Nico Kim (Grey's Anatomy)

Ren Amamiya or Akira Kurusu/Goro Akechi (Persona 5)

Wallace Price/ Hugo Freeman (Under the Whispering Door)

Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny (Looney Toons)

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (Guardian, 2018)

Isak Valtersen/Even Bech Næsheim (SKAM)

Henry "Monty" Montague/Percy Newton (Montague Siblings)

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)

Argos/Mr. Plant (The World of Mr. Plant)

Richard St Vier/Alec Campion (Swordspoint Universe)

Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz (The Umbrella Academy)

Woody/Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)

Victor Lawson/Hap (In the Lives of Puppets

Charlie/Babe (Pit Babe The Series)

Fred/Shaggy (Scooby-Doo)

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch (Carry On)

Gaius Octavius/Jedediah Smith (Night at the Museum)

Sound/Win (My School President)

Pat/Pran (Bad Buddy)

Mike Wazowski/James "Sulley" P. Sullivan (Monsters, Inc.)

Nicholas “Nick” Bell/ Seth Gray (The Extraordinaries)

Evan 'Buck' Buckley/Edmundo 'Eddie' Diaz (9-1-1)

Sean/White (Not Me: The Series)

Vegas Theerapanyakun/Pete Saengtham (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Runaan/Ethari (The Dragon Prince)

Larry Daley/Ahkmenrah (Night at the Museum)

Tintin/Captain Archibald Haddock (Tintin comics)

Bai Lang/Jin Xun An (My Tooth Your Love)

Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E)

Wario/Waluigi (Mario franchise)

Peter Parker/Miguel O'Hará (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Steve Rogers/Anthony "Tony" Stark (Marvel Comics)

Dave Miller/Jack "Old sport" Kennedy (Dayshift at Freddy's)

Boston/Nick (Only Friends)

Kinn Theerapanyakun/Porsche Kittisawasd (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Satoru Gojo/Suguru Geto (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Craig Cuttlefish/Octavio Takowasa (Splatoon)

Tulio/Miguel (The Road to El Dorado)

Sun Wukong/Neptune Vasilias (RWBY)

Zachary Ezra Rawlins/Dorian (The Starless Sea)

Fox Mulder/Alex Krycek (The X-Files)

Thomas/Newt (The Maze Runner)

Fulgrim/Ferrus Manus (Warhammer 40k)

Kim Theerapanyakun/Porchay Kittisawasd (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane (The Mortal Instruments)

Tan/Bun (Manner of Death)

Qrow Branwen/Clover Ebi (RWBY)

Rhy Maresh/Alucard Emery (Shades of Magic)

Yashiro Isana/Kuroh Yatogami (K Project)

Jaskier/Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Dustfinger/Mortimer "Mo" Folchart (Inkworld series)

Brandon/Sky (Winx Club)

Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum/Phillip Carlyle (The Greatest Showman)

Alfred Hillinghead/Henry Ashe (Bodies TV Show)

Baal/Inanna (The Wicked + the Divine)

Timothy "Tim" Drake/Bernard Dowd (DC Comics)

Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun Stampede)

Anthony Lockwood/Quill Kipps (Lockwood and Co)

Henry Winter/Francis Abernathy (The Secret History)

Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Dainix/Falst (Aurora Comic)

Prince Rupert/Prince Amir (The Two Princes)

Finn/Poe Dameron (Star Wars)

Jean Luc Picard/Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Will Stronghold/Warren Peace (Sky High)

Heart/Li Ming (Moonlight Chicken)

Wallace Wells/Todd Ingram (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off)

Sunai/Veyadi Lut (The Archive Undying)

Linus Baker/Arthur Parnassus (The House in the Cerulean Sea)

Aaron Slaughter/Jace Boucher (House of Slaughter)

Hercule Poirot/Captain Arthur Hastings (Hercule Poirot)

Phaya/Tharn (The Sign)

Hercules/Iolaus (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)

Todd/Black (Not Me: The Series)

Julio "Rictor" Esteban Richter/Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)

Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu (Word of Honor)

Siffrin/Isabeau (In Stars and time)

Kendall Knight/Logan Mitchell (Big Time Rush TV Show)

Yuichiro Hiyakuya/Mikaela Hyakuya (Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End)

Palm/Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Khatha/Dome (Midnight Museum)

Asterix/Obelix (Asterix Comics)

Bowser/Luigi (Mario Franchise)

Lucien "Luc" O'Donnell/Oliver Blackwood (London Calling)

Kazuki Kurusu/Rei Suwa (Buddy Daddies)

Benjamin “Ben” Tennyson/Kevin Ethan Levin (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Lumière/Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)

Damian Wayne/Jon Kent (DC Comics)

Spy/Dell Conagher [Engineer] (Team Fortress 2)

Shanks/Buggy (One Piece)

Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Ecks (Six of Crows)

Harold Finch/John Reese (Person of Interest)

Ulrich Stern/Odd Della Robbia (Code Lyoko)

Vincent Freeman/Jerome Morrow (Gattaca)

Eustass Kid/Killer (One Piece)

Christopher Hitchcock/Jalil Sherman (Everworld)

Frodo Baggins/Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)

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1,000 Follower Analysis Post:

Something that I've thought about for years is the significance of Mercutio's death. Why is he the first to die?

First, let's examine Mercutio himself:

He is not a Montague OR a Capulet. He is a kinsman of Prince Escalus of Verona, like Paris. But like Paris, he has chosen a side in the ongoing war between the Montagues and the Capulets, which goes to show just how much the feud affects the people of Verona when even people outside the families are involved.

Mercutio is one of Romeo's closest friends, possibly even the closest after Romeo's cousin, Benvolio. He's carefree, fun loving, and is the dream role of basically every queer Shakespeare fan.

Before I talk about him more, I want to mention a little theory of mine. Maybe call it a philosophy:

See, back in 2015, my brother and I saw Kenneth Branagh's 'Romeo & Juliet', and something that really bothered me about it was that almost everything was played for drama, even the famous 'Bite my thumb' exchange, which in my opinion was a huge faux par and made for a boring production.

The first two acts of R&J is rather funny, and plays out very much like one of Shakespare's comedies, even though the play begins by outright telling us that the two titular characters will ultimately take their own lives. In fact, the first half is hopeful, with the friar believing that the union between the two leads will result in the end of the war between their families. I believe the comedic nature of the first half is essential, and to remove it is to rob a performance of impact.

Now, I can come back to Mercutio and finally make my point: Mercutio's death is what sets off the tragedy, and marks the end of the lighter first half.

Because Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo kills Tybalt. Because Romeo kills Tybalt, he is banished. His banishment leads his mother to die from grief and Juilet to go to friar in a panic when her wedding to Paris is set. Friar gives Juilet the death-like sleeping potion... you get the idea.

Before Mercutio's death, there very well may have been a chance for Romeo and Juilet to be happy. I'm not here to argue about whether or not they would have worked out in the long run; that's not really my point. My point is there was hope of them working out pre-Mercutio death, which dwindles as the plot progresses.

I think it's also important that the first to die is not actually part of either family. Notice how, other than the titular characters, the first and last characters to die are not Montagues or Capulets, but outsiders, and better yet, kinsmen of the Prince.

The Prince himself even says at the end of the play that due to him "winking at their discords," he, along with the two families, has lost loved ones. That's what he means when he says, "All are punished."

So, why does Mercutio die first?

Kill off comic relief to signal tone shift.

Kill off a non-family member of either side to show the effect the feud has had on the rest of Verona.

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(...) Mal's duties as Beatles roadie-cum-equipment manager-cum-personal assistant seemingly doubled overnight, and it quickly became apparent that he needed an assistant of his own. One arrived in the form of Kevin Harrington. With his telltale shock of red hair, Kevin had begun working at NEMS as an errand boy at age sixteen. He first met Mal and Neil prior to the Beatles' third and final American tour, in August 1966, when the two Beatles insiders arrived at the NEMS offices to pick up some travel visas. "They walked in with an air of confidence," Kevin recalled. "Mal and Neil were inseparable. For them, it was never about working for the Beatles - it was a vocation. They lived and breathed the Beatles." Not long afterward, Kevin was sent on an errand to Montagu Mews West. When he showed up, Mal and Neil invited him inside, where he observed the two men rolling hundreds of joints and painstakingly loading them into empty cigarette cartons, which they would encase in cellophane, for the band's upcoming tour. "I must admit," said Kevin, "I thought that was pretty nice. Those guys were cool." (...) [In summer '68, the day after he'd visited the studio for the first time], Mal met Kevin at Wigmore Street. "Want to come and work with me in the studio with the boys, with the equipment?" he asked Harrington. "I'll show you what to do." With Kevin joining the inner circle, Mal took him on a tour of the instrument shops, such as Sound City on Shaftesbury Avenue, where they could replenish the boys' supplies of strings, drumsticks, and plectrums. A few days later, Mal hazed the new recruit, sending him off to Sound City to round up an "electric plectrum" for George's acoustic guitar. Fortunately, the salespeople at Sound City were in on the joke, even going so far as to send Kevin to another instrument shop in search of the nonexistent item. Not surprisingly, Mal taught Kevin about serving all the Beatles' studio needs, including the finer points of separating the leaves from the seeds when rolling a proper joint. Later that summer, Kevin earned his driver's license and drove Mal's Humber estate car on an errand to score some pot. "Mal introduced me to my first drug dealer," the young assistant later recalled, "a lovely Caribbean man who lived in Notting Hill. I used to buy an ounce a week for £11, and was told by Mal to put it down on expenses as 'sweets.'" On two separate occasions, Apple's Wigmore Street bookkeeper questioned Kevin about the amount he was spending sweets - that is, until Harrington told Mal about the hassle he as getting from the accounting department. The next time Kevin turned in his receipts for sweets, the bookkeeper merely smiled.

Living the Beatles Legend, Kenneth Womack (2023)

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A woman accused with her husband of living in Hawaii under the stolen identities of dead babies will remain behind bars pending their trial, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled Wednesday.

According to prosecutors, Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison are the real names of the couple who have been fraudulently living for decades under the stolen identities of Bobby Edward Fort and Julie Lyn Montague. Prosecutors say Primrose spent more than 20 years in the Coast Guard as Bobby Fort, where he obtained secret-level security clearance. After retiring in 2016, he used the secret clearance for a job as a U.S. defense contractor, prosecutors said.

There is no indication in court documents why the couple in 1987 assumed the identities of deceased children, who would have been more than a decade younger than them.

Previous rulings have kept them detained.              

At a hearing Wednesday asking a judge to release the wife, she identified herself as "Lyn Montague."

"I understand the court's concern - the allegation is my client has used a false and fraudulent name for almost her entire life and we cannot verify who she is," her attorney Megan Kau said.

Kau said she is not accused of committing a crime using an allegedly stolen identity.

As Kau's client was led out of the courtroom after U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield's ruling, she said, "As expected." She referred to the situation as, "this whole idiotic thing."

A hearing for a similar request by her husband hasn't been scheduled. He has a new attorney who said Tuesday that he won't be ready in time for the couple's May 22 trial date. The newly appointed lawyer, Marc Victor, said he doesn't think he will be ready anytime this year.

Kau said she is contemplating requesting a separate trial from her client's husband.

There was no mention in court Wednesday of Russian spy intrigue prosecutors introduced when the couple were arrested last year.

A search of the couple's home in Kapolei, a Honolulu suburb, turned up Polaroids of them wearing jackets that appear to be authentic KGB uniforms, an invisible ink kit, documents with coded language and maps showing military bases, prosecutors said at the time.

But prosecutors last month asked that jurors not hear about the uniforms, and a judge last week agreed.

The couple have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, false statement in a passport application and aggravated identity theft.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by Hawaii News Now, Primrose was allegedly issued a total of five U.S. passports under the identity of Bobby Fort. Morrison was issued a total of three U.S. passports under the name of Julie Montague, the complaint says.  

In a court filing last year, prosecutors released details from a small portion of what they said is Morrison's journal, Hawaii News Now reported.

The entry is titled: "12 things I would take with me if I had to flee my present life (Again?)"

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"FEARS "BLACK HOLE": Sufferer from Claustrophobia Fights Term in Penitentiary," The Province (Vancouver). March 11, 1943. Page 10. ---- Claiming that his client, Kenneth Burns, 19, suffered from claustrophobia and an irresistible impulse to do away with himself when he is alone and under confinement, G. V. Pelton appealed to the Court of Appeal today for a reduction of one day in the two-year sentence imposed by Magistrate H. S. Wood. The prisoner would then serve his sentence in Oakalla Prison Farm instead of New Westminster Penitentiary.

Mr. Pelton stated that Burns would be more accessible to visitors in Oakalla and would be able to see his mother there.

He added there was a dark hole used for unruly prisoners in the penitentiary and that last year one young man, after emerging from the dark hole, hanged himself.

Montague Caple appeared for the crown. Judgment was reserved.

Burns was convicted of dealing with a forged cheque for $102 which had been issued by the Workman's Compensation Board. Mr. Justice Sloan pointed out that Canadian penal institutions are conducted with a view to the inmates receiving proper care and that doctors and psychiatrists are provided for them. [Not true in the later case].

Chief Justice McDonald announced that the convicted prisoner now has the choice of applying for leave to appeal from sentence to either a single judge or the full court. Heretofore all such applications have been heard by a single judge.

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Victor Varconi and Majel Coleman in The King of Kings (Cecil B. DeMille, 1927)

Cast: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrance, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neil, Joseph Striker, Jacqueline Logan, Rudolph Schildkraut, Victor Varconi, Majel Coleman, Montagu Love, William Boyd, Michael D. Moore, Kenneth Thomson, Alan Brooks. Screenplay: Jeanie Macpherson. Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley. Production design: Dan Sayre Groesback, Anton Grot, Julian Harrison, Edward C. Jewell, Mitchell Leisen. Film editing: Anne Bauchens, Harold McLernon. Music: Hugo Riesenfeld.

Director Cecil B. DeMille always had a fondness for unintentionally hilarious dialogue. Think of Anne Baxter's Nefretiri purring to Charlton Heston's Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956), "Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid adorable fool!" I'm almost sorry that The King of Kings is a silent film, so that we can't hear Mary Magdalene (Jacqueline Logan) utter the line: "Harness my zebras -- gift of the Nubian king! This Carpenter shall learn that he cannot hold a man from Mary Magdalene!" After the intertitle card fades, she swans off to rescue her lover, Judas Iscariot (Joseph Schildkraut), from the clutches of Jesus (H.B. Warner). It seems that Judas has become a disciple of Jesus because he believes that he has a chance at a powerful position in the new kingdom that Jesus is planning. This isn't the only hashing-up of the gospels that the credited scenarist, Jeanie Macpherson, commits, but it's the most surprising one. It also gives director DeMille an opportunity to introduce some sexy sinning before he gets pious on us: The Magdalene is vamping around a somewhat stylized orgy and wearing a costume (probably designed by an uncredited Adrian, who was good at that sort of thing) that leaves one breast almost bare. This opening sequence is also in two-strip Technicolor, as is the Resurrection scene some two and a half hours later. Yes, it's an enormously tasteless movie. Warner's Jesus is the usual blue-eyed blond in a white bathrobe found in vulgar iconography, and the actor has little to do but stand around looking wistful and sad at the plight of the world, occasionally giving a little smile that, with Warner's thin, lipsticked mouth, verges dangerously on a smirk. The film goes heavy on the miracles, even recasting one of the gospel writers, Mark, as a boy (Michael D. Moore) cured of lameness by Jesus. (When he throws away his crutch, it accidentally strikes one of the Pharisees standing nearby, only adding to their enmity to Jesus.) Unfortunately, DeMille stages the revival of Lazarus (Kenneth Thomson) in a way that enhances its creepiness, having him emerge from a sarcophagus swathed in bandages like a horror-film mummy. Still, there's entertainment to be had, if you're not too demanding. Schildkraut's Judas is fun to watch at times: Once, he even skulks away like Dracula with his face hidden by his cloak. His father, Rudolph Schildkraut, plays the sneering high priest Caiaphas, Victor Varconi is a suitably conflicted Pontius Pilate, and William Boyd, soon to make his name as Hopalong Cassidy, is Simon of Cyrene, who helps Jesus carry the cross. The storm and earthquake after the Crucifixion is a DeMille-style special-effects extravaganza. The cinematography by J. Peverell Marley leans heavily on filters and screens to cast halos around Jesus, but does what it can to bring DeMille's characteristic tableau groupings to life. Fortunately, the movie also goes out of its way to avoid arousing antisemitism: The crowds calling for crucifixion are shown to be largely made up of bribed bullies who are suppressing those who want Jesus released, and one man furiously rejects the bribe by saying that as a Jew he cannot betray a brother.

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P.E.I. man charged for uttering threats, pointing a firearm: RCMP

A 32-year-old Prince Edward Island man is facing several weapons charges after police seized a loaded firearm as part of an ongoing investigation.

Kings District RCMP responded to a report of a man uttering threats and pointing a firearm around 5:10 p.m. Thursday.

Police learned that multiple people had allegedly been threatened and they began searching the area for the suspect.

Police say a 32-year-old man from Montague, P.E.I., was safely arrested a short time later. A loaded firearm was also seized from his vehicle.

Matthew Kenneth Langille has been charged with:

pointing a firearm

careless use of firearm

possession of weapon for a dangerous purpose

three counts of uttering threats against a person

uttering threats against property

operation of a conveyance while impaired by alcohol

operation of conveyance – 80 mg per cent or over

Langille was remanded into custody and will appear in Charlottetown provincial court on Monday at 9:30 a.m.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/IscmKuO

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A Notorious Affair (1930) Lloyd Bacon

July 23rd 2022

[beananacake]

He looks so soft. I love him so much.

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Slytherin Raised by Wolfstar: Chapter Ten: Quidditch

Here is a snip-bit from my new chapter:

The next morning dawned very bright and cold. The Great Hall was full of the delicious smell of fried eggs and the cheerful chatter of everyone looking forward to a good Quidditch match.

'Are you going to eat something?'

'I don't want anything.'

'You might get faint on the field if you have nothing on your stomach.'

'Fine, I'll have a bit of toast.'

That got them off his back for a second, but Harry still felt terrible. In an hours time he'd be walking on to the pitch.

Harry took a bit of toast but then just stared at the rest of the piece, lost in nervous thoughts. Tracey came and sat next to him.

'Harry you have got to eat to save your strength, you probably feel like barfing but one piece of toast and a glass of orange juice aren't going to make you through up, but they will help your brain work better when you are up there.'

She pointed towards the ceiling then slid a glass of orange juice in front of him.

'Thanks, Tracey.' And slowly Harry ate the piece of toast and sipped at the orange juice.

By eleven o'clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Many students had binoculars. The seats might be raised high in the air but it was still difficult to see what was going on sometimes.

Tracey, Allison, and Theodore, along with Ron, Neville, and Susan made up the North Ham fan up in the top row. As a surprise both Tracey and Ron had separately from each other's knowledge made signs to hold up for Harry. Ron's said "Go Fawny Go!" with a broomstick underneath and was written in silver paint, while Tracey's said "You can catch it Harry" written in dark green ink and Theodore had enchanted the Slytherin crest underneath the text.

Meanwhile, in the changing rooms, Harry, Terence, and the rest of the team we're changing into their jade Quidditch robes (Gryffindor would be playing in red).

Flint yelled for attention.

'Ok ya sissy's, we had a big win last year and I am not willin to give that up just yet ya hear! If I see any of ya slackin ya'll be kicked off and replaced, and if we lose it'll be a lap around the entire school grounds on foot in only yer trousers, so we betta win! Or else!'

To read more here it is on wattpad and on Ao3 

[historical-beauty-lily]

Romeo and Juliet (2016) in the Garrick Theater

[all-that-feminist-drama]

Richard Madden and Lily James in Sir Kenneth Branagh's production of Romeo and Juliet, West End, 2016.

[man-reading]

Speak its Name! Quotations by and about Gay Men and Women

Edited by Christopher Tinker. Introduction by Simon Callow.

This collection of quotations by and about gay people celebrates the advances of the international LGBT community over the past 50 years. Amusing observations by Noël Coward, Tallulah Bankhead, Quentin Crisp, Boy George and Ian McKellen are interspersed with interviews with Dusty Springfield, Alan Bennett, Freddie Mercury, Clive Barker, George Michael and William S. Burroughs, and diary entries by Kenneth Williams, Joe Orton, W.H. Auden and John Maynard Keynes. John Gielgud and Alan Turing’s accounts of being arrested contrast with letters from Violet Trefusis to her lover Vita Sackville-West, King James I to the Marquis of Buckingham, and Benjamin Britten to his partner Peter Pears. Contributions by Oscar Wilde, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, John Wolfenden, Field Marshal Montgomery, Lord Arran, Margaret Thatcher, Waheed Alli and David Cameron demonstrate enormous developments in gay rights. Reflections from celebrity icons such as Julie Andrews and David Beckham are also featured, alongside a wealth of reproductions.

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Victorian names

A selection of names for boys and girls from the Victorian era.

Boys names:

Albert Alfred Algernon Ambrose Archibald Arthur Aubrey Augustine Augustus Basil Bernard Bertram Cecil Cedric Clarence Claude Clement Clifford Cornelius Cuthbert Cyril Donald Douglas Duncan Ebenezer Edgar Edwin Edmund Edward Enoch Ernest Eugene Eustace Evan Ewart Felix Fergus Francis Frank Franklin Frederick Geoffrey George Gerald Gilbert Harold Harvey Herbert Herman Horace Howard Hubert Hugh Hugo Humphrey Ivan Ivor Jasper Jonathan Julian Julius Kenneth Laurence Leonard Leopold Leslie Lionel Llewellyn Lloyd Louis Malcolm Maurice Maxwell Miles Montague Neville Nigel Oliver Oscar Owen Percival Percy Philip Ralph Randolph Raymond Reginald Reuben Roderick Roger Rupert Rufus Septimus Sidney Silas Simeon Stanley Theodore Timothy Valentine Vernon Victor Vincent Walter Wilfred

Girl's names:

Ada Adelaide Adeline Agatha Agnes Alice Amelia Amy Annie Augusta Beatrice Blanche Cecilia Cecily Clara Clarissa Clementina Constance Cora Cordelia Daisy Delia Dorcas Doris Dorothy  Edith Eliza Ellen Elsie Emmeline Ethel  Eugenie Eva  Eveline Fanny Flora Florence Frances Freda Georgina Gertrude Gladys Grace  Gwendoline Harriet  Helen Helena Henrietta Hetty Hilda Honor Ida Isabel Irene Iris Ivy Jemima Jenny Jessie Josephine  Julia Kate Kathleen  Lavinia Leah Lillian Lily Louisa Lucy Lydia Mabel Margaret Marguerite Marjorie  Martha Matilda Maude / Maud May Mercy Mildred Millicent Minnie Olive Patience Phoebe Phyllis Priscilla Prudence Rhoda Rosa Rose Rosetta Rosina Ruby Selina Susannah Sylvia Tabitha Theodora Theresa Ursula Victoria Violet Wilhelmina Winifred

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