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Book Review - 'The Concubine' by Norah Lofts
Book Review - 'The Concubine' by Norah Lofts
Books/FilmJoy31 October 2023The Concubine, Norah Lofts, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey, Book Review IV, Joy V SpicerComment
Bestselling Novels Week Beginning 27 October 1963
Bestselling Novels Week Beginning 27 October 1963
Books/FilmJoy24 October 2023Bestselling novels, October 1963, The Group, Mary McCarthy, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Morris L West, Caravans, James A Michener, The Living Reed, Pearl S Buck, City of Night, John Rechy, The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, Rumer Godden, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ian Fleming, The Three Sirens, Irving Wallace, The Concubine, Norah Lofts, The Venetian Affair, Helen MacInnes, Book Review IV, Joy V SpicerComment
'The Lord of the Rings' - Do I Prefer Boromir in the Book or the Film?
'The Lord of the Rings' - Do I Prefer Boromir in the Book or the Film?
Books/FilmJoy17 October 2023The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir, Aragorn, Gandalf, Hobbits, Frodo, Pippin, The Ring of power, Lothlorien, Eomer, Denethor, Film/TV Review II, Book Review IV, Joy V Spicer Comments
'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy at the Cinema
'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy at the Cinema
Books/FilmJoy10 October 2023JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, cinema, Film/TV Review II, Joy V Spicer Comments
Magical Objects Series - Part Eight: Hindu Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Eight: Hindu Mythology
WritingJoy26 September 2023Hindu mythology, Magical Objects, Vishnu, Shiva, Yama, Brahma, Arjuna, Karna, Mahabharata, Kurukshetra War, Pandavas, Kaladanda, Amrita, Gandiva bow, Karna kundala, Weekly III, Joy V SpicerComment
Magical Objects Series - Part Seven: Japanese Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Seven: Japanese Mythology
WritingJoy19 September 2023Magical Objects, Japanese mythology, Susanoo, Amaterasu, Izanagi, Izanami, Seven Lucky Gods, Three Sacred Treasures, Imperial Regalia of Japan, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, Yamata no Orochi, Amenonuhoko, naginata, Kogitsune-maru, Tonbokiri, Weekly III, Joy V SpicerComment
Magical Objects Series - Part Six: Chinese Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Six: Chinese Mythology
WritingJoy12 September 2023Magical Objects, Chinese mythology, Journey to the West, The Investiture of the Gods, Fengshen Yanyi, Daji, Four Heavenly Kings, Erlang Shen, Flaming pearl, Red Armillary Sash, Meng Po Soup, Five flavoured tea of forgetfulness, Coloured stones of Nuwa, Banana leaf fan, Green Dragon crescent blade, Frost Fair Blade, Weekly III, Joy V SpicerComment
Magical Objects Series - Part Five: Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Five: Ancient Egyptian Mythology
WritingJoy5 September 2023Ancient Egypt, Magical Objects, Book of the Dead, White lotus, Amulets, Shabtis, Weekly III, Joy V Spicer Comments
Magical Objects Series - Part Four: Arthurian Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Four: Arthurian Mythology
WritingJoy22 August 2023Arthurian mythology, King Arthur, Vulgate Cycle, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Chrétien de Troyes, Robert de Boron, Sir Thomas Malory, Caliburn, Excalibur, scabbard, Spear of Longinus, the Bleeding Lance, Ring of Dispel, Shield of Joseph of Arimathea, Shield of Evalach, Sword with the Strange Hangings, Swords with the Strange Belt, the Holy Grail, Galahad, Lancelot, Lady of the Lake, Weekly III, Joy V SpicerComment
Magical Objects Series - Part Three: Greek Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Three: Greek Mythology
WritingJoy15 August 2023Magical Objects, Greek mythology, Poseiden's trident, Talaria, Hermes, Armour of Achilles, Apollo, The Argo, Jason and the Argonauts, the Golden Fleece, Chrysomallos, Circe, Ring of Gyges, Necklace of Harmonia, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Harpe, Cap of invisibility, Perseus, Medusa, Athena, Gorgon, Weekly III Comments
Magical Objects Series - Part Two: Irish Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part Two: Irish Mythology
WritingJoy8 August 2023Irish mythology, Magical Objects, Tuatha De Danann, the Sidhe, Nuada, Dagda, Lugh, Cu Chulainn, Lia Fail, Stone of Destiny, Manannan mac Lir, Gae Bulg, Enbarr, Aonbharr, Weekly IIIComment
Magical Objects Series - Part One: Norse Mythology
Magical Objects Series - Part One: Norse Mythology
WritingJoy1 August 2023Magical Objects, Norse mythology, Gungnir, Draupnir, Mjolnnir, Gullinbursti, Jarngreipr, Megingjord, Skidbladnir, Sword of Freyr, Gjallarhorn, Gleipnir, Odin, Thor, Loki, Fenrir, Sons of Ivaldi, Brokkr, Eitri, Heimdall, Ragnarok, Joy V Spicer, Weekly III Comments
The Protection of Children - Of Primary Importance In Any Civilisation
The Protection of Children - Of Primary Importance In Any Civilisation
HistoryJoy18 July 2023Children, protecting children, human trafficking, child exploitation, child sexualisation, Sound of Freedom, Tim Ballard, Operation Underground Railroad, BBC sexual scandal, Awakening, Joy V SpicerComment
Earliest Known Versions of 'Cinderella'
Earliest Known Versions of 'Cinderella'
WritingJoy11 July 2023Cinderella, Fairy Tale, Yi Xian, Duan Chengshi, Giambattista Basile, Cenerentola, Charles Perrault, Brothers Grimm, Aschenputtel, Weekly IIIComment
History - 28 June And The Events That Bookended World War 1
History - 28 June And The Events That Bookended World War 1
HistoryJoy27 June 2023WW1, First World War, Assassination, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, Britain, Treaty of Versailles, Paris Peace Conference, 28 June 1914, 28 June 1919, People-EventsIIComment
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