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Dr Annette Rubery

@AnnetteRubery

Historical biographer writing about John Vanbrugh and his circle. Member of @SamJohnsonSoc and Associate Fellow of the @RoyalHistSoc. An AI-free zone.

 Lichfield, Staffordshire.
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Joined May 2010
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#NOTES📓"the most excellent painter that England hath yet bred"...#JohnAubrey on painter, #WilliamDobson buried #OTD 1646 at #StMartinintheFields. Despite his absolute genius Dobson was imprisoned for debt & died in poverty at his house aged 35! His 2nd wife Judith survived him.
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Paul Lay@_paullayOct 27
The most important development in academia for decades. The emergence of top-class institutions determined to defend the humanities.
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Another new civics institution founded at Clemson. @ufhamilton @UTCivics @CivitasInst @UNCSCILL @MadisonProgram @osuchasecenter Revolutionizing Higher Education open.substack.com/pub/cbradl…
Revolutionizing Higher Education

Revolutionizing Higher Education

The Lyceum Approach

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NOTES📓#OTD 1688 #RobertSpencer #2ndEarlofSunderland was dismissed from high office roles by #JamesII, the king adding "...I hope you will be more faithful to your next master than you have been to me." Robert fled abroad but returned to England following #TheGloriousRevolution.
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And home! – at Lichfield, England
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Darjeeling freight train in the garden earlier. – at Lichfield, England
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# NOTES📓💷#OTD 1744 d. #SarahChurchill #DuchessofMarlborough. What a woman! Forget her closeness with #QueenAnne, she was more astute than that. Buying #SouthSeaCompany stock she realised the folly of it all & sold her shares before its 1720 crash & acquired 25 bankrupt estates!
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“Which Hamlet Is Best?” The greatest actors have all found something different in Hamlet. So who comes closest to getting him right? My latest post is now up! Read it here: andrewdoyle.org/p/which-haml…
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Alexandra Wilson@amwilson_operaOct 9
It’s publication day today for my new book, Culture Vultures: When Activism Meets the Arts. 🎉 A short 🧵on why I wrote this book and what it’s about. If you’re a regular follower of mine, you’ll find that it develops some ideas I have often discussed on here. /
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"This year marks the tercentenary of Vanbrugh’s death, and amongst the hordes of visitors to his houses, some might recall Jonathan Swift’s famous squib: ‘Van’s genius, without thought or lecture, Is hugely turn’d to architecture’," writes @AnnetteRubery in Falstaff Journal falstaffjournal.substack.com…
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Looking forward to seeing guests tomorrow at Seaton Delaval Hall. It’s possibly my favourite Vanbrugh house (so difficult to choose though!) vanbrugh300.co.uk/lecture-va…
Lecture: Vanbrugh and the Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket

Lecture: Vanbrugh and the Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket

One of a series of free lectures funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund taking place at Seaton Delaval Hall, as Annette Rubery and Nick Helm explore John Vanbrugh and the Queen’s Theatre in the...

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Recreational train fun with senior members of my leadership team. – at Lichfield, England
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Press Gazette@pressgazetteOct 6
Derbyshire Live has launched a formal legal challenge against Derbyshire County Council over the "misguided" and "unjustifiable" banning of its Local Democracy Reporter derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/de…
Derbyshire Live launches formal challenge after journalist banned

Derbyshire Live launches formal challenge after journalist banned

Derbyshire County Council has until Friday (October 9) to respond

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In case you missed it - John Vanbrugh'sThe Provoked Wife by @AnnetteRubery in @FalstaffMag
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Golden cicada on a jade leaf, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This sculpture was discovered in a tomb in 1954: it is the top of a hairpin, belonging to a woman of high rank. Nanging museum
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Richard Bratby@RichardBratbyOct 3
'To trust in the arts is an act of hubris so self-destructive the gods don’t even bother to punish you for it.'
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Never meet your heroes. – at Lichfield, England
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Don’t buy the kitschy paprika in the burlap sacks with ribbons or little scoops from tourist shops when coming back from Hungary, instead stuff a bunch of packs of Édes Anna from SPAR in your suitcases like a drug mule
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William Whyte@william_whyteSep 16
Glorious light this evening
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My wife and I were discussing the fall of Phaeton less than thirty minutes ago. This is not unusual.
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Words used in Jane Austen novels that should be more widely used in contemporary conversations: Sennight Coze Gad Tittupy Countenance Barouche Pelisse Reticule Valetudinarian Curricle Phaeton Apothecary Quadrille
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Ideally the Dolly Parton tribute would have been sung by a quartet of classical singers with heavy German accents and full operatic vibrato in the manner of the Christmas from Vienna medley. "Virking nine till five, vot a a vay to make a leeeeving..." – at Lichfield, England
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Alexandra Wilson@amwilson_operaSep 12
It takes a shocking amount of time for an author to make a single penny in royalties on a book - I think people would be surprised... So please, if you know anyone who likes opera, do buy them this! Thank you. 🙏 amazon.co.uk/Someone-Elses-M…
Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British

Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British

In Britain today, opera is routinely called elitist. But things were not always so. Examining shifting cultural attitudes over the century from 1920 to 2020, reveals a hidden history of popular...

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12th September 2023 The floor of the Wren Library is positioned about ten feet below the level of the windows, a deliberate design choice in 1676, to keep students focused on their studies rather than gazing outside and daydreaming. As a result, the only view of the river is ...
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