I'll have to wait for my streaming churn to cycle back through to apple for Monarch and whatever they decide to do with Mankind. And by "The Diplomat," do you mean Netflix with Keri Russel & Rufus Sewell or another title?
September 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I'll have to wait for my streaming churn to cycle back through to apple for Monarch and whatever they decide to do with Mankind. And by "The Diplomat," do you mean Netflix with Keri Russel & Rufus Sewell or another title?
William II, Rufus, king of the English, ordered the arrest of the bishop of Durham #OTD in 1088. William de St Calais was implicated in a plot to supplant the monarch with his brother Robert II, duke of Normandy. The prelate fled to Durham Castle, from where he pled innocence.
May 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
William II, Rufus, king of the English, ordered the arrest of the bishop of Durham #OTD in 1088. William de St Calais was implicated in a plot to supplant the monarch with his brother Robert II, duke of Normandy. The prelate fled to Durham Castle, from where he pled innocence.
"We meet Rufus Callender, a/k/a Lord Caresser, who composed a ballad about Edward VIII’s abdication so he could marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The erstwhile Monarch is said to have cherished his personal copy of the record."
STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE
A reporter and a calypsonian walk into a party...
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September 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"We meet Rufus Callender, a/k/a Lord Caresser, who composed a ballad about Edward VIII’s abdication so he could marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The erstwhile Monarch is said to have cherished his personal copy of the record."
statues of monarchs, lichfield cathedral, england
#england #king #william #rufus#monarch #statue #bw #monochrome #photography #blackandwhite #lichfield #cathedral #church #corner #architecture #uk #greatbritain
#england #king #william #rufus#monarch #statue #bw #monochrome #photography #blackandwhite #lichfield #cathedral #church #corner #architecture #uk #greatbritain
May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
statues of monarchs, lichfield cathedral, england
#england #king #william #rufus#monarch #statue #bw #monochrome #photography #blackandwhite #lichfield #cathedral #church #corner #architecture #uk #greatbritain
#england #king #william #rufus#monarch #statue #bw #monochrome #photography #blackandwhite #lichfield #cathedral #church #corner #architecture #uk #greatbritain
It is thoroughly inconsistent for the national newspaper of record to take an official editorial line on one medieval monarch, and not all of them. What is The Times view on the death of William Rufus? On the legitimacy of the Empress Matilda? On the Barons' War? To stay silent is moral cowardice
Astonishing - The Times newspaper has published a leading article this morning (think of it as an editorial message from the top, which from Britain's newspaper of record usually carries significant weight) on the latest Princes in the Tower discovery.
December 2, 2024 at 11:15 AM
It is thoroughly inconsistent for the national newspaper of record to take an official editorial line on one medieval monarch, and not all of them. What is The Times view on the death of William Rufus? On the legitimacy of the Empress Matilda? On the Barons' War? To stay silent is moral cowardice
Starky's argument does fall apart when you consider the only successful catholic monarch killers were direct rival claimants to the throne (William Rufus, Richard II, Richard III) or just treacherous Barons (Edward II).
April 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Starky's argument does fall apart when you consider the only successful catholic monarch killers were direct rival claimants to the throne (William Rufus, Richard II, Richard III) or just treacherous Barons (Edward II).
Usually retiring ambassadors visits our monarch and get an order.
Carla Sands was the first ambassador not to do so.
Such a sharp contrast to the former ambassador Rufus Gifford
Carla Sands was the first ambassador not to do so.
Such a sharp contrast to the former ambassador Rufus Gifford
September 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Usually retiring ambassadors visits our monarch and get an order.
Carla Sands was the first ambassador not to do so.
Such a sharp contrast to the former ambassador Rufus Gifford
Carla Sands was the first ambassador not to do so.
Such a sharp contrast to the former ambassador Rufus Gifford
