That’s it, that’s the show.
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The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.
• Not My Beautiful Home
• Ask Me Anything
gluppit the prawling strangles
gluppit the prawling strangles
19th Century Chinese Kingfisher Feather & Coral Earrings, 14K Wires, (sold)
These are as found, but were likely adapted into earrings from something else— probably a hair ornament. They work well as earrings though, and the color and sheen of the feathers is still incredibly vibrant.
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”A demon can get into real trouble, doing the right thing.” He nudged the angel. “Funny if we both got it wrong, eh? Funny if I did the good thing and you did the bad one, eh?”
“Not really,” said Aziraphale.
Crawly looked at the rain.
“No,” he said, sobering up. “I suppose not.”
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Hiroshi Yamazaki, The Sun is Longing for the Sea (1978)
1563 Bruegel l’Ancien La Tour de Babel, détail Le haut de la Tour, The Tower of Babel, Detail top of the Tower
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The Famous Five books are 70 this year and they have never been out of print. While the stories remain reassuringly constant – secret passageways, narrow escapes by rope ladder, neer-do-well grown-ups to foil, etc – their different illustrators have reflected changing times. Five new covers are published this year – by Quentin Blake, Helen Oxenbury and others. And there’s keen debate online among Blyton fans as to who is the best.
NB’s favourite illustrations, from charity-shop finds, are Eileen Soper’s originals from the 1940s (in colour here), and Betty Maxey’s incredible black & white drawings from the late ’60s and 70s. Look at Soper’s thwarted Errol Flynn-lookalike baddie in his orange tweed jacket, and the devotion between tomboy George and her dog Timmy.
But it’s Maxey’s that have the edge - particularly in Five Have A Wonderful Time which combines a circus, a deserted castle and gypsy caravans! Above, George and the others dodge a giant python in a dungeon, and Julian and Dick meet ‘Bufflo’ the clown.
There’s real peril in Maxey’s work – George has really met her match in the threatening young man here (that bomber jacket surely signals trouble!) In fact all the children seem that bit older and more real, less cartoon-like. Particularly Anne – the sensitive one who liked home-making and nature and always my childhood favourite. In the 1940s she’s plucky in her gaberdine coat - watching a villain fall to his fate here - but definitely the baby. By the 1970s she’s been updated to much more practical jeans and a jumper – a look NB coveted deeply and still remembers faded flares and a tie-dye zip-up hoodie with pride!
www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2012/feb/24/enid-blyton-famous-five-70-in-pictures
BETTY MAXEY 4EVA
