Monthly Archives: July 2011
Henry VIII’s enemas
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of crushing a pig with a quarter-ton weight to demonstrate the possible injuries caused in Henry VIII’s jousting accident of 1536. I must reassure you that THE PIG WAS ALREADY DEAD, as was the animal used in this week’s piggy fun. I had the chance to
Continue ReadingI’m hanging up my red Regency dress…
…having finally finished filming for a new TV series about the naughty Prince Regent and his age. Back in January, when we started, I loved my red dress, a design which fortuitously turned out to be called ‘The Beau’ (as in Brummell). By July I was sick of the sight of it. (Before you ask
Continue ReadingAt the ministerial urinal
At the awarding of the Art Fund Prize the other night at Tate Britain, I was surprised to hear Jeremy Hunt (Secretary of State for Culture) reveal in his speech that he and the prize-winner Neil MacGregor (Director of the British Museum) had been chatting before the ceremony – in the gents. I know I
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