Monthly Archives: April 2023
HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT: CORONATION STREET
I’m not a huge devotee of television soap operas, but I started watching Britain’s Coronation Street as a child, and I’m still a fan. With storylines centring around characters living on or close to a fictional street in Northern England that was named in honour of the 1902 coronation of Edward VII, it’s been on […]
BOOK PROMOS: MY ROYAL COLLECTION
Going on with the royalty theme, several of my own books feature royals: the Time Rose prequel, Generations Five and Time Rose Book 1: The Disappearing Rose (with real royals fictitiously portrayed), and my futuristic Side Trip duology Ring Of Beom and Shield Of Beom, and non-series novel, The Royal Yot.
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’ IN HISTORY: BOOKS ABOUT ROYAL PERSONAGES
In honour of the upcoming coronation of King Charles III on the sixth of May, 2023, these book recommendations all feature royal characters. Most are set in the past, but a few in the present and the future as well. Ages 3-7 The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss The Emperor’s Army by […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: UNCROWNED KINGS
Question: Only two of Britain’s kings were never crowned. Who were they? Answer: Edward V (reigned April to June 1483) and Edward VIII (reigned January to December, 1936).
HISTORIC FEUDS: SIBLING RIVALRY – ROYAL STYLE
Princes William and Harry certainly aren’t the first royals to engage in sibling squabbles. https://www.history.com/news/royal-sibling-feuds
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS: MOVIES ABOUT ROYALTY
In honour of the upcoming coronation of King Charles III on the 6th of May, 2023, these bygone era movies are about royal personages. Anna And The King Of Siam with Irene Dunn (1946) or Jodie Foster (1999) (Anna Leonowens) Anne Of The Thousand Days (1969) Dangerous Exile (1957) John And Julie (1955) (Coronation of […]
Time Travelling With Kids 