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Jasper Maskelyne , The War Magician.
Maskelyne joined the Royal Engineers when the Second World War broke out, thinking that his skills could be used in camouflage. A story runs that he convinced sceptical officers by creating the...
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and...
http://www.helenrappaport.com/THE LOST LIVES OF THE ROMANOV GRAND DUCHESSESPUBLICATION: UK: Pan Macmillan, 27 March 2014 USA: St Martin's Press, 3 June...
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Ashcombe House ... From Beaton to Madonna ...
Ashcombe House, also known as Ashcombe Park, is a Georgian manor house, set in 1,134 acres (4.59 km2) of land, on Cranborne Chase, in the parish of Berwick St. John, near Salisbury, in Wiltshire, UK....
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Cecil Beaton at Home - Ashcombe and Reddish Friday, May 23, 2014 to Friday,...
Cecil Beaton at Home - Ashcombe and ReddishFriday, May 23, 2014 to Friday, September 19, 2014http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/cecil-beaton-home-ashcombe-and-reddishBooking: No...
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Eileen Cecile Otte Ford, model agent, born 25 March 1922; died 9 July 2014
Eileen Ford in 1948, a year after setting up the Ford agency with her husband, Jerry. Photograph: Nina Leen/Time & Life PicturesEileen and Jerry Ford in 2008. Photograph: Scott Wintrow/Getty...
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Seven Sisters Style: The All-American Preppy Look by Rebecca C. Tuite.
The first beautifully illustrated volume exclusively dedicated to the female side of preppy style by American college girls. The Seven Sisters-a prestigious group of American colleges, whose members...
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Vivian Dorothea Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009)
Vivian Dorothea Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer, who was born in New York City and spent much of her childhood in France. After returning to the United...
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Majesty and Mortar: Britain’s Great Palaces / Dan Cruickshank / BBC Four.
Majesty and Mortar: Britain’s Great Palaces, review: 'Dan Cruickshank for BBC Trust chairman'Michael Pilgrim enjoys BBC Four's Majesty and Mortar, in which showed that he's a World Heritage Site in...
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Enthusiasms By MARK GIROUARD.
Does a neglected masterpiece by Jane Austen enshrine her first love affair? Who was Vita Sackville West's real grandfather? What clues are there to the identity of 'Walter', doyen of Victorian...
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The Return of the Saddle Shoe.
What are Saddle Shoes?http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-saddle-shoes.htmThrow off that pleated skirt, baggy sweater, bobby sox and loafers and grab your poodle skirt and saddle shoes, it's time to rock...
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Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game named as London film festival opener...
--IN CINEMAS 14th NOVEMBER--The Imitation Game is a nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing (pioneer of modern-day computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code) and his...
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The Mythical Harrington jacket / Baracuta
A Harrington jacket is a lightweight waist-length jacket, made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede — usually with traditionally Fraser tartan or check-patterned lining. The first Harrington-style...
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Two great productions of the BBC around the Cambridge Spies ... Second ..."An...
This is one of my favorite films ... a great story about loneliness,"gentilless", true humanity in distress, keeping on the gentleman's code as weapon against dispair ... and a great sense of humor ......
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