Ooh, he was in Capital and The Village. He's good, I like him. Didn't know he was a Scouser. :)

There are some good things about living in the Smoke :)

It wasn’t done very often, for fear of illness. Instead women braided their hair tight (which is also a good defense against lice), and both men and women covered their hair with linen coifs (which would be washed along with the rest of your unmentionables) and then with hoods or hats.

In following the thought processes here... Flying a Confederate flag isn’t racist. Denying an engaged lesbian couple a cake is defending your faith. A lion (you have no intention of eating for survival) is not a worthy living being, but a clump of cells is.

As a person previously ambivalent to Beyoncé, I enjoyed the song and the video immensely. If it’s *not your taste* that’s one thing. If it strikes fear into your white heart... I don’t know what to tell you.

why is this non story getting attention?

Wilton House is very beautiful and very period. God bless the UK film & TV tax credit system. (Sorry, France. You’ll have to be satisfied with your millions of tourists).

They may have smelled. They may have even smelled badly, and a modern person who have noticed.

this . true story back in days, in USSR a lot of people didnt’ take shower daily, washed hair once a week or so and some man would wear same shirt for a week. Now i am grossed out by myself if i dont take shower daily by about latest noon.

Horrible Histories has taught me that The Tudors were indeed the grubbiest motherfuckers of all.

I actually had literally just finished reading this article on The Pool when I clicked through to Jezebel to read this. It’s depressing how ubiquitous through time and space this is.

God, I’m so BORED with this shit. Another straight white baby boomer dude self-glorying wankfest (nostalgia edition). How can a single demographic be so endlessly entertained with itself! And so institutionally narcissistic that it assumes that literally everyone agrees on how fascinating every detail of their…

Not to mention that some folks, like say Idris Elba, were born in London, after all! So I’m not sure if he’s an “American star” or a “British unknown”?

Saoirse Ronan. I really like this, and I want to eat her necklace

Bright-eyed American stars and British unknowns converged at the BAFTA Awards

‘Bright-eyed American stars and British unknowns’

Does the BAFTAs get any attention in America? I always figured it was pokey, provincial ceremony that was kind of mostly intended for Brit audiences.

Domhnall Gleeson and Carrie Fisher were two of my faves, they look like they would be a blast to hang out with.

Apparently so. But I have to say, for a man as thin-skinned as he is, it is a bit rich to say “Oh, she’s my friend, peasants, you wouldn’t understand and she was fine with it.” Well, she may not actually have been fine with it but went along. I wouldn’t be happy if someone called me a “bag lady” on national…