goldenpolar:

The other Mrs. Franklin - Sir John Franklin’s first wife, the poet Eleanor Porden. They married in 1823 after his return from his Coppermine River expedition, and their daughter Eleanor was born in 1824. The mother would die of tuberculosis in 1825 while he was on his second Canadian expedition. Franklin would marry Jane Griffin 1827, not wasting any time it seems. In 1822, Eleanor Porden wrote ‘Coeur de Lion, or the Third Crusade’, a poem about Richard the Lionheart. Though Lady Jane bonded with her niece through marriage, she didn’t really seem to hit it off with her stepdaughter. In fact, I’ve never really read what happened to Eleanor Franklin (the daughter) other than that she seems to have married a priest she met in Van Diemans Land.

ceevee5:

“Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” Sir John Harington 1561 - 1612

“Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” Sir John Harington 1561 - 1612

carrotsofthepirabbean:

carrotsofthepirabbean:

okay hester looks cool but i would like to know why she has two (2) functioning eyes instead of the customary one we have read about please and thank you

not to be dramatic but i actually cannot describe how disappointed, upset, and angry i am.

You need a magnifying glass to make out that scar. I suppose true to the book Hester was always too much to hope for but this “effort” is simply insulting to the books, the character, fans of the books, viewers of the forthcoming film. What a load of bollocks.

Register by midnight on 22 May 2017, please don’t let others decide your future. It takes just a few minutes and all you need is your National Insurance number.

socialistsquirrel:

Your vote does matter

In the 2010 general election:
10 million voted Tory
8.6 million voted Labour
6.8 million voted Liberal Democrat
15.9 million did not vote

More people didn’t vote in the last general election than voted for any single party.
If all those people had voted we could have had a different government, they could have made a difference.
Please don’t make the mistake this election of thinking your vote won’t count, of thinking your vote won’t make a difference because it really really could especially in a situation where it is so close and so many seats are marginal.

Voter registration closes at 23.59 tomorrow, 22 May. All you need is your National Insurance number. Registration only takes a few minutes, please sign up and have your say. Link to register is www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

ladyaudleyssecrettumlbr:

Kitten season is here so this is just a reminder to have your cats and kittens neutered so as not to add to the desperate problem of unwanted and stray felines.  Those that don’t find homes live lives that are often short and miserable in the streets, or are put to sleep by shelters unable to cope with the huge intake. 

Not everyone is aware that kittens are sexually, if not fully, mature from a very early age indeed.  A kitten of barely six months recently brought to the sanctuary where I volunteer, gave birth to a large litter this weekend.  Three of the kittens died at birth and one a day later.  The outlook for the remaining two is as yet uncertain.  They are being fed by hand by sanctuary volunteers because their little mum, who really ought still to be enjoying kittenhood herself, is unable to produce milk. 

If the cost of neutering is problematic you may be able to get some assistance, so google low cost neutering services for your area.

The black kitten pictured above had a happy ending, being successfully rehomed some months ago.  Many others are so much less fortunate. 

ayeforscotland:

The end of an 8-page form that women now have to sign to declare they’ve been raped.

That’s right, women now need to declare the baby who was non-consensually conceived or face having their tax credits withdrawn.

This was put into law without a parliamentary vote.

This is Tory Britain.

fripperiesandfobs:

Dress and spencer ca. 1796-1802

From the DAR Museum

nordiskstormhatt:

technoelfie:

missmentelle:

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA.

At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. 

At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. 

At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.  

At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook.

At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. 

At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker. 

At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs.

Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51.

Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40.

Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40.

Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42.

Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52.

Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57.

Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76.

Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78.

Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow.

Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. 

Never tell yourself you missed your chance. 

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough. 

You can do it. Whatever it is. 

This is so worth reblogging!

Thank you!

universitybookstore:

A Third Collection of Literary Maps

• Narnia, from The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
• Nautical Route of the Dawn Treader, from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis
• The Kingdom of Wisdom, from The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
• Earthsea, from the works of Ursula K. Le Guin
• Shannara, from The Shannara Chronicles, Terry Brooks
• Pellucidar, from the Pellucidar series, Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Barsoom (Mars), from the Martian Tales, Edgar Rice Buroughs
• Bas-Lag, from the works of China Miéville
• New Crobuzon, from Perdido Street Station, China Miéville
• (Jeru)Salem’s Lot, from the novel ’Salem’s Lot and the short stories “Jerusalem’s Lot” & “One for the Road”, Stephen King
  

kim:

@ComedyCentralUK:

#Brexit: A Titanic Failure

Fucking hell, that JK Rowling cameo at the end.

apolloandr:

Illustrations from the 1862 edition of Les Misérables done by Emile Bayard

afuckingpotatowhaddyathink:

im confused