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‘She was the wife of John Bell, who owned Lowlands until his death in 1889, and we’ve never known anything more about her: it’s as if she’s been cut out of time. We have records of their marriage, but not of her death; we have no portraits of her anywhere, and when the house and contents were sold none of her possessions were listed in the
... See moreSarah Perry • Enlightenment
I met Margot Edwards during 1948 in Matcham Skipper's Studio behind the Russell Street police station, and it was only a short time afterwards that I became her lover and a constant visitor to her in a loft in Ivanhoe. Margot was only eighteen years old and one of the most beautiful girls I had ever seen.... See more
Alistair Knox
Eleanor quickly became the most popular girl in school. She excelled in French, German, and Italian, wrote superb essays, and made the first team in field hockey.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
George King Forster, Yvonne de Ferranti
Roy Maxwell Drummond (Peter), Isabel Drake-Brockman (Lala)
all landed gentry it seems- Bamburgh Castle 16th century, Bologna/Florence/Venice 9th century, Hathornden Castle 17th century, Beachborough Manor 16th century
So was connection from place severed a long long time ago?
The Brockmans in the 1800’s in
... See moreI daresay I must call this my home – though truly there never was so dank and drear a place – though Essex being flat and featureless at least has in its favour the kind of skies which all my life I have sought – I confess to having been surprised by affection for my husband – this dreadful emotion roused by discovering that he has commissioned a
... See moreSarah Perry • Enlightenment
Born in 1931, Sheila Fell grew up in Aspatria, a typical West Cumbrian mining village. Whilst gaining a place at the Carlisle College of Art at 17, within two years she had obtained a place at St. Martin’s School of Art, London. Here, she befriended Frank Auerbach, amongst other contemporaries, and went on to teach at the Chelsea School... See more
Sheila Fell RA FRSA Paintings for Sale | Original Artwork & Artist Biography
Running the White House was exclusively Eleanor’s domain, part of the balance of power she and FDR had achieved. And given her extensive public commitments, she was determined to have someone assist her who was loyal and trustworthy. Social awareness, an ability to cook, even a knowledge of food and wine were secondary. The assistant she chose was
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Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private Papers
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