The thing that bothers me about this argument, Tim, is that for artistic purposes (and I’m an educated painter), the idea of fair use is for transformative, or satirical, or commentative purposes. None of which the pulled earrings meet. They’re just a sad replica, swiped from upper management’s back catalogues. Those…

I need to know more about this ex-boyfriend and his stories.

Bullshit, Anthropologie! Pay the woman what you owe!

They owe her an anthroapology.

Congratulations, you win the internet today!

She tried, unsuccessfully, to hide the salami.

I could easily watch all 7 minutes. Of course, I sit here and think, when was the last time anybody wore one of those ridiculous helmets into battle? What kind of feathers are those? Then off into a reverie about how horses have to be trained to pull carriages just like they have to learn to carry a rider. But it’s a…

Queen Mary was a very serious tiara collector. If you read the Order of Splendor blog, most of the tiaras owned at one time by the British Royal Family or by her descendants were purchased by her. Some were inherited by George VI and the Duke of Windor’s siblings. She’s also responsible for the Faberge collection…

You are me.

Thanks so much for publishing this interview!! I’m dying to read the book!!!

Consider this, though: there are probably a hundred people who work on the show that expected to have one more year of steady paychecks. Something that I think is worth grappling with is how we take down abusive powerful men without massive collateral damage. Recentering stories on women is one way to do so.

My bad, I spent like 2 hours on Wikipedia trying to figure out the family tree and it defeated even me, a person with 10 first cousins.

Speaking of the funeral of Edward VII, have you done a deep dive into the archives British Pathe released earlier this year? It’s nearly a century of rare newsreels (I lost about 24 hours just randomly browsing one weekend - everything from Piccadilly Circus 1895 to Liz and Dick in 1965)

Prince Philip is so closely related to the Russian royal family that a sample of his DNA was used to identify the bodies of the Romanovs murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1917.

Oh, Max. I know that question was rhetorical, because I’m sure you know that I have.

But actually (Albert and Victoria were) incredibly stormy.

It always surprises me how many people know so little about this history; don’t even know the names. And ignorance of the dynamics of late 19th century European royals results in incomplete understanding of all 20th century geopolitics. This book sounds like a great opportunity for those who wish to better understand…

Great interview. Thank you!

“You do NOT DESERVE my fluffypanted adorability, you monster. UNHAND ME AT ONCE.”