#that's Elizabeth ii not the rock group

[pretentioussongtitle]

Queen's dead

#that's Elizabeth ii not the rock group #they are immortal

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.25 (before 1920)

571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. 1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places. 1400 – King Minkhaung I becomes king of Ava. 1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. 1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada. 1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. 1596 – The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility. 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. 1678 – Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri. 1755 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. 1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh. 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000. 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. 1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. 1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. 1839 – A cyclone slams into south-eastern India. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster. 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee. 1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. 1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. 1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River. 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. 1908 – A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people. 1912 – Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, ceases its publications. 1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. 1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. 1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

#Events

[johnhardinsawyer]

Under a Rock

John Sawyer

Bedford Presbyterian Church

4 / 23 / 23 – Third Sunday of Easter

Luke 24:13-35

“Living Under a Rock”

(Holy Hospitality and Holy Heartburn)

I heard a fascinating news story this past week:

After spending almost a year-and-a-half in near-total isolation some 230 feet underground, Beatriz Flamini emerged from a cave in southern Spain. . . The climber and mountaineer had entered the cave in Granada on November 21, 2021, determined to spend 500 days alone — monitored from afar by a group of scientists — to explore the effects of isolation on the human body and mind.  Flamini was 48 years old when she went down, and 50 when she officially completed the challenge. . .[1]

She had no way to measure time [during the 500 day challenge, and] spent her time doing exercises to keep herself fit, painting and drawing, and knitting wooly hats.[2]  

She also read nearly 60 books during the challenge and – after a couple of months – lost track of time to such a degree that she thought she had only been underground for 160-170 days.

Flamini says she still feels like it's 2021. Indeed, major global events, from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, happened while she was basically living under a rock.[3]

In English, if you hear that someone has been “living under a rock,” this means that they are oblivious to something that has happened in the outside world or unaware of things that most people know about.  Last week, we talked about “F.O.M.O” – the “Fear of Missing Out.”  Well, if someone has been “living under a rock,” they have missed out on something.  But maybe they don’t mind this.  Imagine not having to hear about some of the less-than-savory events of the past year and a half.  Maybe it’s no wonder that Flamini really didn’t want her time under a rock to end.  

In today’s scripture reading, we find two people, walking down the road, talking about some less-than-savory, confusing recent events – the death of their friend and teacher, Jesus, and the news they have just heard:  that Jesus is no longer dead.  While they are walking and talking, they encounter a stranger who is walking along in the same direction.  And this stranger (who, we are told, is a yet-to-be-recognized Jesus) asks them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?”  (Luke 24:17). The question stops them in their tracks and, according to the story, they stand still, looking sad.[4]

“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?” the disciple named Cleopas asks.  Just in case you’re wondering, this is the Bible-speak version of “Don’t you know?  Everyone has been talking about this.  This is the only thing on many people’s minds and lips today.  Have you been living under a rock?”  “Friend, if you only knew. . .” Jesus thinks.  

In this season of Easter, in which we are revisiting some of the stories of Jesus and his resurrection, I think that today’s story is one of my favorites.  Here we have two regular people – Cleopas and another unnamed disciple – who are not part of Jesus’ closest inner circle and don’t have more famous names like Peter, or John, or Mary Magdalene.  Just so you know, this is the only time that Cleopas’ name appears in the Bible.  I almost feel like Cleopas and his friend could be anybody – stand-ins for folks who are not well-known, some of the general populace followers of Jesus, maybe even people like us.  

I mean, I’m sure that they were known to Jesus and the other disciples in Jerusalem, but we don’t know much about them except that they are on their way to the village called Emmaus – about seven miles from Jerusalem – and they are clearly sad.

“Why are you sad?” the yet-to-be-recognized Jesus asks.  “What are you talking about?  What are these things that have taken place?”  He asks this, even though he knows very well what has taken place.

Cleopas and his friend begin to speak – the words spilling out – retelling the things that have happened all-too-recently:  

“The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene. He was a man of God, a prophet, dynamic in work and word, blessed by both God and all the people. Then our high priests and leaders betrayed him, got him sentenced to death, and crucified him. And we had our hopes up that he was the One, the One about to deliver Israel. And it is now the third day since it happened. But now some women [of our group] have completely confused us. Early this morning they were at the tomb and couldn’t find his body. They came back with the story that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. Some of our friends went off to the tomb to check and found it empty just as the women said, but they didn’t see Jesus.”[5]

“These are the things that have taken place – the things that are concerning and confusing us so, the things that we know about because we haven’t been living under a rock.”

When John Calvin writes about this, he says that it is clear that Cleopas and his friend are filled with uncertainty – wondering what in heaven’s name is going on – but they still have “a reverence for [Christ’s] doctrine”[6] and they are not afraid to speak of Jesus in glowing terms – “a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. . . we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel (to set Israel free).” (24:19, 21). As Calvin notes, after Jesus’ arrest and death, it might have very well been a dangerous thing to speak so openly to a stranger and say such nice things about Jesus, but either Cleopas and his friend are not afraid or – like some of us can be when we are filled with emotion – they just need to get all of these big feelings off their chests.

Anyway, Cleopas and his friend pour out their hopes and their hearts to this stranger and then, quite unexpectedly, the stranger turns the tables when he tells them:  “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe. . .”  (24:25)  Just so you know, in the original language, “slow of heart” could also be translated “dull of heart” or “too dull to believe,”[7]implying that Cleopas and his friend might not be – how shall we say – the brightest bulbs in the marquis.  As professor Rodger Nishioka once said, the stranger might as well have said, “You two are dumber than a box of dirt.  Bless your hearts.”[8]  Or, maybe, for the purposes of today’s sermon, the stranger might as well have said, “Hmmmm. . . seems like the two of you have been living under a rock.”

While Cleopas and his friend are picking their jaws up off the ground, the still-incognito Jesus elaborates:  

“So thick-headed! So slow-hearted! Why can’t you simply believe all that the prophets said? Don’t you see that these things had to happen, that the Messiah had to suffer and only then enter into his glory?” Then he started at the beginning, with the Books of Moses, and went on through all the Prophets, pointing out everything in the Scriptures that referred to him.[9]

The stranger’s words clearly have an effect on Cleopas and his friend.  You see, not only does the stranger clearly know his scripture, but his words seem to change the hearts of these disciples.  Instead of having dim or dull hearts, a light is lit[10] and begins to flicker there – a Holy light, a hopeful light.[11]  It is but a small flicker, at first, but it is enough so that as they get close to their destination in the village of Emmaus, the stranger starts to walk on, but they say, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.”  (24:29). Just so you know, in the original language, the disciples are really saying, “Abide with us,”[12] which seems like a far more meaningful invitation.

The stranger stays for dinner – abiding with them at the table.  And, while they are eating, he takes bread, and blesses it, and breaks it, and gives it to them.  “Then their eyes [are] opened, and they [recognize] him.”  (24:31). In the original language, their eyes “fully understand”[13] and they “know exactly and completely,”[14] that the stranger who approached them and greeted them at their most sorrowful, the stranger who has been walking and talking with them, teaching them, eating with them, and feeding them is, indeed, Jesus.

There is this one part of the story that I find particularly peculiar, when just as he is recognized, Jesus disappears – vanishing from their sight.  I never quite got this part of the story.  Why doesn’t Jesus at least stick around for dessert?  Thankfully, Calvin is helpful here, when he writes:  

So far, then, as it was necessary to assure them of his resurrection, he made himself visible to them; but by the sudden departure, he taught them that they must seek him elsewhere than in the [physical] world. . .[15]

This is how it can be for so many of us – encountering Jesus in glimpses and flashes of recognition, in ways that inspire us to keep seeking him even when we cannot see him face to face.  It can be frustrating – looking for Jesus in our lives, and in the world, and not always seeing him when and where and how we want him to be.  And yet, if we are people who hope in the resurrection, we are placing our hope in the One who subverted people’s expectations – surprising everyone with his inability to stay predictable, or even to stay dead.  

Today’s story reveals two indications or practices that might just lead toward a Holy encounter or two – if our minds and hearts are open, if we aren’t living under a rock.  The first is the gift of hospitality.  Jesus and his disciples are hospitable to one another on the road – open to one another even though they might seem like strangers.  Sometimes, I find so much joy and grace in a moment when I open myself up and talk to a complete stranger or when they open themselves up to me – whether we are trying to crack a joke or simply saying hello.  Hospitality, shown through kindness and empathy breaks down barriers and connects us to one another.  Cleopas and his friend want an even deeper connection, though.  Theirs is not a passing encounter, and so they offer hospitality to this stranger – to Jesus – inviting him to dinner.  As Jesus proves, there is so much grace that can be shared around a table.  It begs the question:  who is invited to sit at your own table, and who – by accident or on purpose – is not invited?  Jesus is always expanding the table of grace.  Are we?  

The second indication of ways by which we might seek Jesus is seen in how the Holy Spirit is at work when Cleopas and his friend say to one another, “Was your heart burning within you?  Because mine sure was!”[16]  In some Christian traditions, this strange warming of the heart is an essential part of experiencing a salvation moment.  In ours, however, this strange warming of the heart is not essential but it sure is a gift if and when it happens.  And if we are able to share it with another person – another person who witnesses it with us – it is a double gift.  It was Jesus who said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.”  (Matthew 18:20)  This is the Holy Spirit at work, making Christ’s presence known.  We don’t always need Holy heartburn to have faith and if we don’t always feel our hearts burning this doesn’t mean that Jesus isn’t near.  The life of faith should not be spent chasing a special feeling.  Instead, the real work of faith is putting our trust in something – in someone – even (maybe even, especially) when we don’t feel that special feeling.  It sure can be nice, though. . .

I know it must have been a challenge for Beatriz Flamini – living under a rock for so long.  But for Flamini, it must have been nice to know that even though she never saw another person, she was never really alone.  For her challenge in that cave,

. . . she was [remotely] monitored by a group of psychologists, researchers, speleologists — specialists in the study of caves — and physical trainers, who watched her every move and monitored her physical and mental well-being, though they never made contact.[17]

They were always there – watching over her – even if she never saw them.  

The same can be said of the risen Jesus – the One who did not stay under a rock for long, the One who is out in the world, being revealed in holy hospitality, and loving community, and generous empathy.  May Jesus be found in these places and may our eyes be open to see him in unexpected ways.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  

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[1] https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/1170388759/500-days-cave-beatriz-flamini-spain.

[2] https://www.voanews.com/a/spanish-athlete-spends-500-days-in-cave-/7050521.html.

[3] NPR Article, ibid.  https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/1170388759/500-days-cave-beatriz-flamini-spain.

[4] Luke 24:17.

[5] Eugene Peterson, The Message: Numbered Edition (Colorado Springs: NAV Press, 2002) 1452.  Luke 24:19-24.  

[6] John Calvin, Calvin’s Commentaries – Vol: XVII – Harmony of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2009) 356.

[7] Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979) 147.  

[8] Rodger Nishioka, A morning Keynote at Montreat Youth Conference around 2006 or 2007.  

[9] Eugene Peterson, 1452.  Luke 24:25-27.

[10] Walter Bauer, 396.

[11] See Luke 24:32.

[12] Walter Bauer, 503.

[13] Walter Bauer, 187.

[14] Walter Bauer, 291.

[15] John Calvin, 364.

[16] Luke 24:32 – Paraphrased, JHS.

[17] https://www.voanews.com/a/spanish-athlete-spends-500-days-in-cave-/7050521.html.

[beatlesonline-blog]

[brookston]

Holidays 11.19

Holidays

Alligator Wrestling Day

Automatic Toll Collection Day

Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Belarus, Russia)

Dedication Day

Discovery Day (Puerto Rico)

Equal Opportunity Day

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest

Fete de S.A.A. le Prince Souverain (Monaco)

Flag Day (Brazil)

Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)

Gettysburg Address Day

Group Rates For Group Souls Day

”Have A Bad Day” Day

International Journalist’s Remembrance Day

International Make Someone Feel Uncomfortable Day

International Men's Day

Liberation Day (Mali)

Martyr’s Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

National Ammo Day

National Blow Bagpipes Day

National Camp Day

National Domino Day (Netherlands)

National Rural Health Day

Play Monopoly Day

Please Maintain Your Focus Today Day

Prince Rainier Day (Monaco)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Day

Tape Your Face Day

’What Ever Happened to Gary Puckett?’ Day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

World Toilet Day (UN)

Zion National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day

National Macchiato Day

3rd Saturday in November

Family Volunteer Day [Saturday before Thanksgiving]

International Games Day [3rd Saturday]

International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also Feb, May & Aug)

National Adoption Day [Saturday before Thanksgiving]

National Survivors of Suicide Day [Saturday before Thanksgiving]

Surin Elephant Round-Up begins (Thailand) [3rd Saturday]

Feast Days

Barlaam (Christian; Saint)

Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh; India, Nepal)

Hate For the Sake of Hating Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Karthika Purnima (a.k.a. Rahasa Purnima; Parts of India)

Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church)

Pontian, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Raphael Kalinowski (Christian; Saint)

Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician (Christian; Saints)

Singbad the Sailor (Muppetism)

World Toilet Day (Pastafarian)

Ximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 53 of 60)

Premieres

Addams Family Values (Film; 1993)

Artistry in Rhythm, by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Album; 1943)

Brain Salad Surgery, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album; 1973)

Coda, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1982)

Cowboy BeBop (TV Series; 2021)

Dylan, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1973)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Film; 2021)

Joe’s Garage, by Frank Zappa (Rock Opera; 1979)

Liverpool Oratorio, by Paul McCartney (Oratorio; 1991)

National Treasure (Film; 2004)

Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang, by Dr. Dre (Song; 1992)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Film; 1975)

Somebody to Love, by Queen (Song; 1976)

The Wheel of Time (TV Series; 2021)

The World Is Not Enough (US Film; 1999) [James Bond #19]

Today’s Name Days

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa (Austria)

Jakov, Matilda, Obadija, Salomeja (Croatia)

Alžběta (Czech Republic)

Elisabeth (Denmark)

Betti, Eliisabet, Eliise, Elis, Els, Elsa, Else, Ilse, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu (Estonia)

Eliisa, Elisa, Elisabet, Elise, Liisa, Liisi (Finland)

Tanguy (France)

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa, Roman (Germany)

Erzsébet (Hungary)

Fausto (Italy)

Betija, Elizabete, Līza, Līze (Latvia)

Dainotas, Matilda, Rimgaudė (Lithuania)

Elisabeth, Lisbet (Norway)

Elżbieta, Mironiega, Paweł, Seweryn, Seweryna (Poland)

Alexander (Russia)

Alžbeta (Slovakia)

Crispín, Matilde (Spain)

Elisabet, Lisbet (Sweden)

Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, Elisabeth, Elise, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elsa, Elsie, Elyse, Elyssa, Elza, Libby, Lisa, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 323 of 2022; 42 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 46 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Constraint) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Lùyuè), Day 26 (Bing-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 25 Cheshvan 5783

Islamic: 24 Rabi II 1444

J Cal: 23 Mir; Oneday [23 of 30]

Julian: 6 November 2022

Moon: 21%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 15 Frederic (12th Month) [Ximenes]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 58 of 90)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 28 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

[brn1029]

On this date in the world of music…

October 26th

2019 - Paul Barrere

American musician Paul Barrere died age 71. He was a member of Little Feat, which he joined in 1972. Barrere later played with Phil Lesh and Friends and also toured with Bob Dylan.

2013 - Quincy Jones

Producer Quincy Jones was suing the estate of the late Michael Jackson for millions of dollars. He said the singer's estate and Sony Music Entertainment improperly re-edited songs to deprive him of royalties and production fees. Mr Jones stated that they also broke an agreement giving him the right to remix master recordings for albums released after Jackson's death in 2009.

2011 - Aerosmith

Aerosmith were forced to delay a concert in South America after Steven Tyler fell in his hotel bathroom. The singer suffered cuts to his face and lost two of his teeth ahead of a concert in Asuncion, Paraguay. He was said to have received stitches and had emergency dental work, forcing the gig to be postponed by 24 hours.

2010 - Top Earning Dead Celebrities

Forbes Magazine released its annual list of the Top Earning Dead Celebrities. Michael Jackson led the way at $275 million, Elvis Presley was second at $60 million and John Lennon was fifth at $17 million.

1984 - Ozzy Osbourne

19-year-old John D. McCollum killed himself with a .22 caliber handgun after spending the day listening to Ozzy Osbourne records. One year later, McCollum's parents took court action against Ozzy and CBS Records, alleging that the song "Suicide Solution" from the album Blizzard of Ozz contributed to their son's death. The case was eventually thrown out of court.

1979 - AC/DC

AC/DC appeared at The Mayfair, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, supported by Def Leppard. The bands were booked to appear the night before but after a fire at the venue in the afternoon, the show was cancelled.

1970 - Janis Joplin

A wake was held at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California to celebrate the life of Janis Joplin. The singer who died of an accidental drugs overdose had left $2,500 in her will to throw a wake party in the event of her demise. The party was attended by her sister Laura and Joplin's close friends; Brownies laced with hashish were unknowingly passed around amongst the guests. Joplin was cremated in the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Mortuary in Los Angeles; her ashes were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean and along Stinson Beach.

1968 - San Francisco Pop Festival

The two day San Francisco Pop Festival was held at Alameda County Fairgrounds. The Animals, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Jose Feliciano, Deep Purple, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Canned Heat all appeared.

1966 - Alma Cogan

English singer Alma Cogan died of stomach cancer aged 34. She scored the 1955 UK No.1 single 'Dreamboat', plus 20 other UK Top 40 hits. In the 50s Cogan was the most consistently successful female singer in the UK and the youngest female act to top the charts during the 50s.

1965 - The Beatles

Queen Elizabeth II invested The Beatles with their MBE's at Buckingham Palace, London. According to an account by John Lennon the group smoked marijuana in one of the palace bathrooms to calm their nerves. Many former recipients gave their MBE's back in protest, to which John Lennon responded "Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people." He continued: "We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."

1962 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones (known as The Rollin' Stones), and consisting of Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones pianist Ian Stewart and drummer Tony Chapman recorded their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London. They recorded three songs, Jimmy Reed's 'Close Together', Bo Diddley's 'You Cant Judge A Book By The Cover' and Muddy Waters' 'Soon Forgotten.'

1958 - Bill Haley

Bill Haley and his Comets played the first rock 'n' roll concert in Germany. Over 7,000 rock 'n' roll fans turned the show into a riot.

[britesparc]

Weekend Top Ten #552

Top Ten Elizabethans

This is going to be my final reference to our monarchical milestone for the time being. When Charles III has his coronation I may do something else – you don’t see coronations everyday, after all; this isn’t Westeros – but for now, this is it. I think three weeks is enough to commemorate.

Anyway, after listing fictional kings and queens I’m keeping it real this week (and also brief because it’s already half four on a Friday). We’ve just had the longest-reigning monarch in the country’s history. We’ve lived through an age, people; the Elizabethan Age. Well, I guess the Second Elizabethan Age (sidebar: I’ve noticed people – well, newspapers – have started referring to her as Elizabeth the Great. I wonder if that’ll stick. I’ve always been fascinated to discover when sobriquets started to solidify around a person, so it’ll be interesting to see if that’s how history records her; Elizabeth the Great. I mean, I’m old enough to remember when American news coverage kept referring to 9/11 as “Terrible Tuesday” so sometimes these things don’t puncture the consciousness in the way maybe they were intended. Anyway, where was I?). We already had an Elizabethan Age so I suppose this is the Second Elizabethan Age, but nevertheless: an Age. Capital-A, people.

So this week I’m celebrating my favourite people from that Age. Well, not really favourite people; I don’t know any of them. They might all be closet serial killers or jewel thieves or people who write “telly” as “tele”. And I’m specifically referring here to Elizabethans; that is, subjects of Queen Elizabeth II (aka The Great). So at first I basically thought this meant British, but I guess it means Commonwealth citizens; if Peter Jackson can get a knighthood he’s Elizabethan in my book.

Because I am who I am there aren’t any sportspeople on this list. I just don’t like sports as much as films and TV and whatnot. Not many scientists, either, for the most part, as I don’t really know enough about scientists and the wonderful science that they do. It’s basically entertainment people because I am who I am. And because they’re supposed to be Elizabethan it’s also people who came to prominence within that Age; so really from 1952 onwards. This has lead to a bit of head-scratching regarding, say, J.R.R. Tolkien, but in the end I decided that he was, I guess, a bit Georgian, or even Edwardian. Good Queen Liz had only been crowned a year when Lord of the Rings came out, after all, and he was already a success.

So anyway, what you have here are a bunch of people what did stuff what was good, and who did it after 1952. That’s it, that’s yer lot, now go and buy a bunch of commemorative coins. TTFN.

The Beatles: oh, yes, right from the start I’m cheating again; but how in the hell do you pick one of these guys? Seriously, I’d say in the western world no group – and I mean that as “some people” not just “a band” – has influenced and altered culture quite so much. Who else can you say that about? Elvis Presley? George Lucas? Stan Lee? These guys, all four of them, redefined music and shifted culture into a “before” and “after”. And although they’re not all with us anymore they still rock.

Billy Connolly: I just love him. He’s hilarious, straddling the line between comedian and philosopher; he’s a great actor; he’s a prodigious artistic soul. he just seems like a really nice guy and exemplifies everything I think of as “Britishness” – kind, progressive, self-deprecating, cultured, and above all else possessed of a wry, detached distrust of authority.

Stephen Hawking: getting a bit serious for a sec, here we have someone who’s scientific theories and ability to harness them in popular discourse transcended academia. Basically he was a very good scientist who also became an icon of popular culture; who else can you say that about? Brian Cox? Tim Berners-Lee, maybe? And this is before we discuss his progressive attitudes and his position – undeniable – as a figurehead and role model for people with disabilities.

Emma Thompson: I don’t know why she isn’t even more famous. There’s nothing, it seems, she can’t do; arguably the best actress of her generation, she can sing, she’s a truly hilarious comedian, she’s a fantastic writer… she’s the sort of artistic polymath who should be ruling Hollywood. And yet she remains quintessentially British, where you could almost imagine her guesting on Coronation Street.

Neil Gaiman: in my book the best, and most consistently good, British writer of the last seventy years. But that might just be because my tastes lean to the supernatural, fantastical, and metatextual. So much of his stuff is just about fiction, but also an examination and redefinition of all kinds of fairy tales and legends and myths. And even when he’s writing something called American Gods it ends up feeling, somewhere deep in its core, a British text.

Peter Jackson: yep, see, we’re collecting ‘em from across the Commonwealth. Jackson, of course, is so Kiwi he’s even furry, but outside of his prodigious gifts as a filmmaker (blessed with an innate understanding of camera movement and story structure, as well as a dirty-fingernailed desire to just get stuck in and pull stuff together by hook or by crook) he managed to mount a spectacular, once-in-a-generation, lightning-in-a-bottle adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, probably the best book published since 1952.

Victoria Wood: obviously a tremendous comedian – she was just consistently funny – she was also a tremendous writer, capable of capturing the nuances of working-class British life in a way reminiscent of Mike Leigh or Alan Bennett. Dinnerladies – ostensibly a trad sitcom with trad sitcom jokes, albeit hilarious ones – also managed to be progressive and quietly radical and often bitingly sad. And she sang Let’s Do It.

Nick Park: the other greatest director, a charming little goof in the best British tradition, toiling away at an unfashionable art form and producing masterpiece after masterpiece after masterpiece. It’s not just that almost everything he’s done is a five-star classic, a redefinition of stop-motion animation; it’s not just the plethora of hilarious in-jokes and sight gags. It’s that actual, big-budget Hollywood action directors still cite the train chase from The Wrong Trousers as one of the best pieces of action cinema choreography of all time.

Lenny Henry: Henry began, for me, as a goofy, affable comedian; a kids’ TV star who made it big. A charming big-smiled fella who was lovable and funny in his own sketch shows and especially as the face and figurehead of Comic Relief. He has since not only established himself as an excellent actor (both comic and dramatic) but also become one of the most pronounced voices of activism and diversity in entertainment. And he’s just lovely isn’t he?

Julia Donaldson: it feels churlish to separate her from her collaborators – especially Axel Scheffler and Lydia Monks – but we must, if only because I’m already up to ten and I can’t fit ‘em all in. But out of all the children’s books out there, Donaldson’s stand out with their humour and warmth and her exquisite way with words. Trust me, it’s hard to write these sorts of things, and to craft such great turns of phrase and rhymes that are compelling, funny, often moving, and speak to little kids and their parents is something else. Even if I feel that damn mouse really has it coming to him. Maybe in Gruffalo 3.

God knows how many I’ve missed off. No Python! No Scotts – Ridders or Tony! None of the younger crop of dudes I love so much, from Ewan McGregor to Dev Patel to the Arctic Monkeys. No Professor X or Magneto - sorry, I meant no Stewart or McKellen. No Dench! No Bob Hoskins, Eddie Izzard, Bowie or Bond. But I guess that’s just because there are so many cool people to choose from. We rule.

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After the death -on September 8- of queen elizabeth ii many celebrities expressed their condolences through their social networks; however, certain personalities had not given their opinion on the matter until now, one of them being Bondsinger of the Irish rock group U2. During a talk he had in the most recent edition of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI, for its acronym in English), Bond…

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'Baby Jane' was a UK number one single for which British singer?

'Baby Jane' was a UK number one single in 1983 song for British singer Rod Stewart. As of July 2022, it remains his final UK number one single to date. The song was written by Stewart with Jay Davis and appeared on his 12th studio album, 'Body Wishes'.

Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 1945) is a British pop singer, known professionally as Rod Stewart. He is known for his distinctive raspy singing voice and has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, six of which reached number one, including 'Baby Jane'. In 2007, Steward performed 'Baby Jane' at a concert held at Wembley Stadium in London to celebrate the life of Princess Diana, who died ten years previously. He also performed the songs 'Sailing' and 'Maggie May'.

Although best known as a solo artist, Stewart initially achieved success as a member of several groups. During the 1960s, he became a member of Steampacket, Shotgun Express, and the Jeff Beck Group. He then joined the Faces, whose bluesy rock became popular during the 1970s. Nonetheless, Stewart did not want to be constrained to a group format and pursued a solo career alongside performing with the Faces.

Stewart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1994 and as a member of the Faces in 2012. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007.

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No single musician is as revered or loved than Sir Paul McCartney. As a member of the greatest rock-n-roll band of all-time, The Beatles, the group single-handedly changed the landscape of music, fashion, and culture for generations.  Their influence is still felt today and will be for many years to come. McCartney has spun himself a multi-faceted career in music.  As a member of The Beatles, his group with wife Linda, Wings, and as a solo artist, McCartney has sold over 100 million albums and 100 million singles. He has achieved an incredible 22 Number 1 hits.  He has been awarded 60 gold albums and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II as Sir Paul McCartney on March 11, 1997, for his “services to music.”

It's an impossible task to list all his accomplishments. His debut solo release, McCartney, was one of a kind.  Playing every instrument himself, he modestly recorded the tracks in secret at his home in St. John’s Wood in 1970. The masterpiece from that release, Maybe I’m Amazed (Written for his wife Linda – who passed in 1998) is one of the greatest love songs of all time. Paul still performs it to this day live in concert. His subsequent releases McCartney II (released in 1980, reached Number One in the U.K.), includes the classics, Coming Up, Waterfalls, and Temporary Secretary.  McCartney III (released in 2020), though more state-of-the-art than a living room recording, once again features McCartney on every instrument. Featuring, Find My Way, and Women and Wives, the release charted at Number One on the U.K.’s Official Album Charts and Number One on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart.

For the first time, Universal Music has brought all three unique releases together to celebrate the mastery of Paul McCartney. Featuring 35 songs in all, this release is a must have for every McCartney fan. Officially releasing on August 5th, 2022, the limited-edition box set is unlike any other. McCartney, McCartney II, and McCartney III will be packed together and available in three different formats - Limited Edition Color Vinyl, Black Vinyl Edition, and CD – each including three special photo prints with notes from Paul about each album. The newly created boxset cover art and typography for the slipcase are by Ed Ruscha.

 FORMAT INFO:

 Slipcase cover art and typography by Ed Ruscha (all formats)

1)    Limited Edition Color Vinyl

Three-disc 180g audiophile vinyl set (McCartney - clear, McCartney II -white, and McCartney III -creamy white vinyl)

Three x 8 x 10” photo prints with introductions from Paul

2)    Limited Edition Black Vinyl Edition

180g audiophile vinyl set

Three x 8 x 10” photo prints with introductions from Paul

3)    CD

Limited Edition three-disc set

Three photo prints with introductions from Paul

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571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. 1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places. 1400 – King Minkhaung I becomes king of Ava. 1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. 1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada. 1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. 1596 – The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility. 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. 1678 – Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri. 1755 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. 1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh. 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000. 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. 1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. 1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. 1839 – A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 12-metre (40 ft) storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster. 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg. 1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. 1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. 1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River. 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. 1908 – A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people. 1912 – Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, ceases its publications. 1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. 1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. 1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia. 1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400. 1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. 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It will become the longest continuously running play in history. 1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle". 1958 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. 1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. 1963 – State funeral of John F. 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He is later assassinated in 1983. 1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. 1986 – The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. 1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. 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In reality, inform the reality flip chain replica bag tote and deal with this factor just isn't in tune, however many ladies have a bell replica bag tote can have a handle, you should use the time to take. The back of this bag is also plenty of benefits. The chain could be long or quick, and it can be slanted on one shoulder and handcuffs. In short, you'll be able to take it with you when you exit to eat, and you aren't afraid of it. I suppose the studs are most likely not steel — they aren’t chilly to the touch just like the buckle, which definitely IS metal — however they are securely connected and don’t have chips. The gold colour is a little bit lighter than the studs of the authentic Valentino, however I think it appears prettier that method. Surprisingly MORE versatile than the Kaitlyn Pan pair, although it’s patent! Smells like leather, slight chemical scent that shortly dissipated. All models are of the kitten heel peak (65 cmm/2.5 in). Sole is darker and has slightly red shade bleeding from the sting. Includes some beveling as within the authentic, however not very much. The Valentino stamp is much shallower, and the dimensions stamp signifies Chinese sizing rather than EU sizing . You’ll most likely need to put non-slip soles on these guys. Annie’s higher is extra flexible and KP’s have somewhat more padding, however both are pretty comfy.

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Concert géant et pluie de stars pour fêter Elizabeth II à Londres

Concert géant et pluie de stars pour fêter Elizabeth II à Londres

Une pléiade de stars, dont le légendaire groupe britannique Queen, ont enflammé les foules samedi à Londres lors d’un concert géant célébrant les 70 ans de la reine Elizabeth II mais en l’absence de la souveraine, fatiguée. Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Duran Duran… Après la pompe et le recueillement, les plus grands noms de la scène pop/rock ou classique ont défilé sur scène, devant…

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