#elizabeth jane howard

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Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman - We Are for the Dark: Six Ghost Stories (Jonathan Cape, 1951).

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“È quello che succede di solito: i mali, quando arrivano, li riconosci subito. Le cose belle invece stanno sempre nascoste dietro qualcos’altro.”

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

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"Il tempo: esita e s’impenna, si trascina agonizzante da un secondo all’altro, s’incolla vischioso a ogni movimento. Penso agli orologi delle stazioni che allo scoccare di ogni minuto scattano inesorabili, alle scene al rallentatore nei film […] Il tempo in qualche modo vive di vita propria, anche se a me è sempre sembrato morto: invece deve continuamente fare spazio ad altro tempo che aspetta, e che anch’io aspetto.”

Elisabeth Jane Howard, la casa che brucia

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Simply love to borrow a weird rare book from the public library consortium I work for

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Miss Milliment the love of my life

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:: did freud have anything to say about fridges?

moving home soon and buying in a whole host of white goods for the new place. memorialising here this old irascibly sonorous thing.

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The Cazalet Chronicles

The Cazalet Chronicles is a five-book historical fiction series, by Elizabeth Jane Howard. The novels follow the British Cazalet family over several decades, beginning in 1937 with The Light Years, and ending in the 1950s with All Change.  The story begins in 1937 in England, which sounds to modern readers like right before WWII, but for the characters, is several years after the end of The Great…

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Elizabeth Jane Howard. Los años ligeros. Crónicas de los Cazalet, Madrid, ed. Siruela, 9ª edición, 2021.

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Perioddrama Appreciation Week

Day 1: Favorite Tv Show: The Tudors

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TUDOR WEEK 2024

It is baaaaack by popular demand!. We are hosting Tudor Week 2024. This is going to be hosted from Monday the 14th of October to Sunday the 20th of October.

The week will go as follows:

Day 1 - Monday, 14th of October:  Your Favourite Tudor (members of the family that were born Tudors). Day 2 - Tuesday, 15th of October: Favourite Tudor contemporary quote about or said by the Tudor family. Day 3 - Wednesday, 16th of October: Best Tudor What If? Day 4 - Thursday, 17th of October: Fancast Your Favourite Tudor Family Member. Day 5 - Friday, 18th of October: Favourite Tudor Iconography (e.g. Tudor Rose, Anne Boleyn's falcon, Jane Seymour's Phoenix). Day 6 - Saturday, 19th of October: Favourite Tudor Couple (could include unmarried couples, e.g., Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley). Day 7 - Sunday, 20th of October: Favourite Tudor-related location.

This can cover all events and media that a Tudor family member is present, so from Owen Tudor to Elizabeth Tudor, and may include spouses and acknowledged children of direct members of the Tudor family (if unsure who we cover please check our Family page). We have attempted to make it as broad as possible and no pressure if you are late with some of the days, we will still reblog.

Previous Years: 2021, 2022, 2023

Be sure to tag your posts TudorWeek2024 and DailyTudors, looking forward to seeing your posts!

The Team at DailyTudors

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with Penelope Wilton as narrator

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In October, I decided to challenge myself to produce a miniature illustrated painting each day of the month inspired by the Tudor court and the medium of portrait miniatures.

Lucas Horenbout was a Flemish artist and founding artist of the tradition of painting miniatures. He moved to England in the mid-1520s and worked as the court miniaturist to King Henry VIII from 1525 until Horenbout's death. He captured many of the iconic figures of the era and also taught the art of illumination to Hans Holbein, who would go on to eclipse him as the most famous court artist of that era.

A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually undertaken in gouache, watercolour, or enamel. Portrait miniatures evolved out of the techniques required to craft the intricate illustrations and borders of illuminated manuscripts, and became popular among 16th century elites. From the middle of the 18th century, the trend spread across the rest of Europe remaining highly popular until the development of photography in the mid 19th century.

For my challenge, I used black ink, water colours, and 300gsm textured watercolour paper. I bought and thrifted some amazing vintage frames, mostly 2 or 3 inches high. Some are over fifty years old, so consequently there are marks and scratches on them but I think it adds to the charm and overall feel of the pieces as historic miniatures.

I'm really proud that I completed the challenge - and all 31 paintings - and wanted to share a few with you here!

You can see them all over on my website 🖤