James Baroque @jamesummer2

Baroque music, Harpsichord, Recorder, Flute and Viola, also Politics LONDON Joined February 2012

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A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary

3 hours ago

29th July 2023 The papier-mâché head of cult figure Frank Sidebottom marks a ticket-holder's camping spot at the 2023 Cambridge Folk FestivalPicture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ligh… and all bookshops.

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Diary of Samuel Pepys @DiaryOfPepys

20 hours ago

28 July 1664 At the office all the morning, dined, after ’Change, at home, and then abroad, and seeing “The Bondman” upon the posts, I consulted my oaths and find I may go safely this time without breaking it; I went thither, notwithstanding my great desire to have gone to Fleet Alley, God forgive me, again.* There I saw it acted. It is true, for want of practice, they had many of them forgot their parts a little; but Betterton and my poor Ianthe outdo all the world. There is nothing more taking in the world with me than that play. Thence to Westminster to my barber’s … I also went to Mr. Blagrave’s about speaking to him for his kinswoman to come live with my wife, but they are not come to town, and so I home by coach and to my office, and then to supper and to bed. *Seeing playbills for The Bondman, he checks his self-imposed oaths limiting theater-going or expenditure and decides the visit is permissible. He goes despite a strong competing urge to visit Fleet Alley (a known district of brothels and prostitutes), adding the characteristic “God forgive me, again.” The Bondman (Philip Massinger) A tragicomedy first published in 1624. The play has been called "the finest of the more serious tragicomedies" of Massinger. Mary Betterton ('Ianthe') One of the first English actresses. She acted both comic and tragic roles in Sir William D'Avenant's company. In 1662 she married another actor in the company, Thomas Betterton. Philip Massinger (1583–1640) was an English Jacobean and Caroline playwright who often collaborated with John Fletcher. His most famous play is A New Way to Pay Old Debts, exploring themes of social ambition, greed, and morality through vivid dramatic style.

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Diary of Samuel Pepys @DiaryOfPepys

2 days ago

26 July 1664 All the morning at the office, at noon to Anthony Joyce’s, to our gossip’s dinner. I had sent a dozen and a half of bottles of wine thither, and paid my double share besides, which is 18s. Very merry we were, and when the women were merry and rose from table, I above with them, ne’er a man but I, I began discourse of my not getting of children, and prayed them to give me their opinions and advice, and they freely and merrily did give me these ten, among them (1) Do not hug my wife too hard nor too much; (2) eat no late suppers; (3) drink juyce of sage; (4) tent and toast (also called tent wine or tinta); (5) wear cool holland drawers; (6) keep stomach warm and back cool; (7) upon query whether it was best to do at night or morn, they answered me neither one nor other, but when we had most mind to it; (8) wife not to go too straight laced; (9) myself to drink mum and sugar; (10) Mrs. Ward did give me, to change my place. The 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 10th they all did seriously declare, and lay much stress upon them as rules fit to be observed indeed, and especially the last, to lie with our heads where our heels do, or at least to make the bed high at feet and low at head…. Thence back and took up young Mrs. Harman, a pretty bred and pretty humoured woman whom I could love well, though not handsome, yet for her person and carriage, and black. By the way met her husbandgoing for her, and set them both down at home, and so home to my office a while, and so to supper and bed. “Black” here means dark-haired or dark-complexioned (a brunette). Sam and Elizabeth (married in 1655) remained childless; his 1658 bladder-stone operation has sometimes been speculated as a factor, though contemporary understanding of fertility was limited and he does not explicitly link the two here. She suffered from recurring gynecological problems. Claire Tomalin and other biographers identify a likely Bartholin’s cyst/abscess (a painful swelling near the vaginal opening caused by blocked glands). This condition made sexual intercourse difficult or painful at times and recurred throughout the marriage. Celebrating the Birth (also known as The Christening Feast), 1660–1670

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Diana☀️ @dianadep1

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Raphaël Delorme @BrindusaB1 @marie_nassar @peac4love @s_msonia @djolavarrieta @marmelyr @scastaldi9 @artmajcar @leocarjr @MoviesDoe @Rebeka80721106 @Dida_ti @albertopetro2 @alleosa @CatarinaCabral @HAL909 @faheypatrica1 @neblaruz @DavLucia @mariatontini1 @_die_Uta_ @Norb_Lawrence

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Hannah @ehannah0

23 hours ago

Burnham breaks his silence on the small boats just to tell us that “the plan is working” If the plan was working, why are the boats getting bigger, with 165 migrants in one boat last week?

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Novelicious @noveliciouss

3 hours ago

You can't go back and change the beginning But you can start where you are and change the ending. C. S. Lewis Aetherhart

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#WOMENSART @womensart1

19 hours ago

Liz Cooksey, UK artist who uses textile arts to create 3D creations inspired by nature, such as #summer meadows #WomensArt

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James Baroque @jamesummer2

2 hours ago

@benonwine Manchester where the PM cuts off too for the weekend and a pint'a ??

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Benonwine @benonwine

3 hours ago

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM SOUTH SUDAN WALKS ONTO SCHOOL GROUNDS ARMED WITH HAMMER, HATCHET, KNIFE AND PETROL!! This is the reality of failed border control. A South Sudanese man who had no right to be in Britain walked around a school in Greater Manchester carrying a hammer, a hatchet, a seven-inch kitchen knife and a can of petrol. The school was closed for summer. No children were hurt. He was arrested and jailed for two years. He was an asylum seeker whose applications had already been refused. He was frustrated with the immigration system. The court was told there was “no evidence” he intended to attack anyone. That is not good enough. We are letting people into this country about whom we know almost nothing then acting surprised when they turn up at schools armed to the teeth. Parents should never have to live with the knowledge that this can happen. Schools should never be accessible to illegal migrants carrying weapons. Public safety must come first not endless appeals and excuses. This is what open borders and weak enforcement deliver. It has to stop.

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Irena Buzarewicz @IrenaBuzarewicz

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Scott @Havenlust

8 hours ago

The garden at the asylum at Saint-Rémy, 1889. Vincent Van Gogh

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Fleur-ange desir @FleurangeDesir

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BrandCentral1001 @BrandonKoc13142

8 hours ago

@nursebecky547 Thats hot. From your hair and glasses, down to your outfit and boots. You look sexy. Just thought you should know.

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RS Archer @archer_rs

2 days ago

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Yesterday's Britain, A Better Britain. @YesterdaysBrit1

5 hours ago

Not a care in the world. When the London Underground was safe to travel on. But that's a long time ago in the past...

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Justintime @tykestakeonit

21 hours ago

It didn't take long for Burnham to show his true colours did it. He's appointed Ian Austin to be the trade envoy to Isn'treal. 🤮

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Sébastienne Lawton 🇬🇧 🇲🇫 @SebastienneL

5 hours ago

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Cat lover @Lawyer_Animal1

18 hours ago

The weather is beautiful now, so I am enjoying the scent of the plants and sitting in front of them. The basil has grown into a big bush since I bought it as a tiny plant. I am drinking mint tea looking at this huge basil plant, leaning forward to smell it.

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A.A.Milne @A_AMilne

6 hours ago

Eeyore led the way to the most thistly-looking patch of thistles that ever was, and waved a hoof at it. “A little patch I was keeping for my birthday,” he said, “but, after all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow. Help yourself, Tigger.” ~A.A.Milne #sharing