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Showing posts with label Extraordinary Lives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extraordinary Lives. Show all posts
Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Extraordinary Life: Robert Culliford, Pirate Captain - Part 2

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Yo, ho, ho my hearties! It’s back to the high seas for a bit more piracy with Robert Culliford, pirate captain extraordinary. Last September...
Friday, 19 September 2025

Extraordinary Life: Robert Culliford, Pirate Captain

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Shiver mi timbers! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! A couple of years ago I wrote about the special relationships pirates had which could have ...
Saturday, 16 April 2022

Extraordinary Life: The Japanese da Vinci - Part 2

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After a really horrible first quarter of the year in which I have been battling illness, I really must apologise and catch up on my planned ...
Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Extraordinary Life: The Japanese Da Vinci - Part 1

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Today the Japanese are celebrating something other than the Olympics. Today is the Midsummer Day of the Ox. On this day the Japanese celebra...
Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Extraordinary Life: A Queer Action Hero - Part 2

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In May I wrote about the early travels of Richard Halliburton (1900-1939), one of the forgotten adventurers of the inter-war years. I lef...
Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Extraordinary Life: A Queer Action Hero - Part 1

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In the 1920s and 1930s names like Scott of the Antarctic, Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh were familiar names because of their daring...
Monday, 17 July 2017

Extraordinary Lives : Swashbuckling Across France

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A French print from around 1700 by an anonymous artist entitled “Mademoiselle Maupin d’Opera” depicting Julie d’Aubigny as an opera singe...