Dr Annette Rubery
@AnnetteRubery
Historical biographer writing about Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle. Trustee of @SamJohnsonSoc. Views my own.
Great Rusty pre-dinner moment; he got @RichardBratby’s attention by somehow wriggling into the curtain loop and then couldn’t get out.
Torrent of profanity from @AnnetteRubery who is engrossed in a novel. "Jesus Christ!" "Bloody hell!". "Oh my God!". Since said novel is by Jane Austen, I can only conclude that one of the characters has spilled their tea.
And Thornhill’s Painted Hall, Greenwich.
15. Sistine Chapel, Vatican City "Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving." — Johann Wolfgang Goethe
First edition copy of the Portland Vase, owned by Wedgwood (c. 1790-93). And some Wedgwood cameos (including ones of David Garrick and Sarah Siddons).
Portrait medallion of Erasmus Darwin - from the Wedgwood Museum, Stoke.
Ancient Greek gold and garnet earrings, dated to the 4th century BC. Private Collection. These earrings are composed of gold elaborately embellished with garnets. They feature intricate floral motifs at the top, carefully arranged garnet stones, and finely detailed gold…
Off to the hairdresser to have my usual coiffure à la guillotine. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_cut
“I have a theory that ‘holidays’ evolved from the medieval pilgrimage, and are essentially a kind of penance for being so happy and comfortable in one's daily life.” Philip Larkin
Going to give this tragi-comedy by Lully a whirl tomorrow.
My husband is hosting a Speccie dinner tonight. It’s breaded fish and a battle to keep the cat off my food tonight back in unglamorous Lichfield.
I was today old when I discovered that eating cottage cheese with strawberries and cocoa powder is a bit weird but it’s good source of protein, low fat and a whole lot cheaper than buying protein bars. That is all.
I have no words to express how honored @ValeriaVanesio and I are to receive this prestigious award from @archivists_org! Inspiring contributors and support from @BloomsburyAcad, @AstonUniversity @UMmalta. Truly looking forward to further conversations @AstonUnArchives and beyond!
🏆|@AstonUniversity's @IlariaScaglia1 and @UMmalta's @ValeriaVanesio have won the @archivists_org Waldo Gifford Leland Award 📖 The award was for their book, Archives and Emotions 🤝It aims to bridge the gap between historians and archivists 👉tinyurl.com/552vsy3f
This has cheered me up! charlessaumarezsmith.com/2025/07/13/van…
Happy 88th birthday, David Hockney! Die Zauberflöte, The Rake’s Progress, Turandot, Tristan und Isolde, Die Frau ohne Schatten, the French triple bill and the Stravinsky triple bill … do opera-lovers have a favourite Hockney opera design?