#Palliser

[fripperiesandfobs]

Costume designed by Raymond Hughes for Susan Hampshire in The Pallisers (1974-1975), later worn by Scarlet Johansson in The Prestige (2006)

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

[dream-world-universe]

Putangirua Pinnacles, Palliser Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand: The Putangirua Pinnacles (also known colloquially simply as The Pinnacles) are a geological formation and one of New Zealand's best examples of badlands erosion. They consist of a large number of earth pillars or hoodoos located at the head of a valley in the Aorangi Ranges, on the North Island of New Zealand, in the Wellington region. Wikipedia

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Cape Palliser Electric Violet (#a36149 to #9222fc)

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

my brother is listening to a book I watched a snippet of the series of and which sent me into a deep funk years ago. i am hoping it will not trigger me so in book form now.....

[howifeltabouthim]

But it was a heart, and it required food. To love and fondle some one,—to be loved and fondled, were absolutely necessary to her happiness. She wanted the little daily assurance of her supremacy in the man's feelings, the constant touch of love, half accidental half contrived, the passing glance of the eye telling perhaps of some little joke understood only between them two rather than of love, the softness of an occasional kiss given here and there when chance might bring them together, some half-pretended interest in her little doings, a nod, a wink, a shake of the head, or even a pout. It should have been given to her to feed upon such food as this daily.

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

[denbo66]

Happy 60th Birthday to BBC 2 or BBC TWO. Whichever.

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[sardens]

Anthony Palliser - Portrait of a Lady. 1979-80

[portraits-of-iris]

Rainbow over the Sea

Joseph Arthur Palliser Severn

1879

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This white and green dot gown is worn on Josie Kidd as Miss Cassewary in The Pallisers (1974) and worn many years later on Diana Blackburn as Lady Gertrude in The Buccaneers (1995)

[ronnydeschepper]

35 jaar geleden: "The Quincunx" van Charles Palliser

“De Quincunx – De erfenis van John Huffam” is een roman van de Amerikaanse schrijver Charles Palliser. Het boek werd in 1989 uitgegeven door de Britse uitgeverij Canongate en werd een relatief groot succes. De quincunx is een vijfvoudig patroon en vormt het leidmotief van de roman. Zo zijn er vijf delen, die elk genoemd zijn naar een van de vijf families waarrond het verhaal draait, elk deel is…

[dibator]

SUFFERANCE, the newest thriller by Charles Palliser

Author of the international bestseller The Quincunx Released and published by Guernica Editions The book is available worldwide in print and eBook format Set in Eastern Europe during the Second World War. When his nation is invaded and occupied by a brutal enemy, a well-intentioned man persuades his wife that they should give temporary shelter to a young girl who is at school with their…

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Cape Palliser Double Pearl Lusta (#927742 to #fcf6d2)

[menubot]

Palliser Hotel (1937) http://menus.nypl.org/menus/30591

[howifeltabouthim]

'Oh, Alice, if you knew how I hate myself!' 'But I love you with all my heart,' said Alice. 'Glencora, I have learned to love you so dearly!' 'Then you are the only one that does.'

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?