#John Villiers

[lilypoppy05]

Mary & George - Sneak Peek Episode 1

Nicholas Galitzine - Julianne Moore - Tom Victor

Credit: Sky TV from Twitter/X

#Mary & George #Nicholas Galitzine #Julianne Moore #Tom Victor #George Villiers #Mary Villiers #John Villiers #Shy TV

[trust-is-the-most-important]

Villiers brothers.

#Nicholas Galitzine #Mary and George #mary & george #George Villiers #Tom victor #John villiers

[celluloidbroomcloset]

I swear to God, they deliberately stuck Patrick Macnee with abnormally tall men at times. (James Villiers is six four/six five. He even eclipses Peter O'Toole in The Ruling Class.)

#the avengers #john steed #patrick macnee #james villiers

[gargoyle-doyle]

NO DAY SHALL ERASE YOU FROM THE MEMORY OF TIME - virgil xx

W.B Obelisk Observer Society Post (@lyndwyrm0)

ok this is what i was going to post this week before i found out Florio's had booted the DoB out.

But we know that the lisk was ugly, that it had to be maintained, and that's probably why they couldn't be arsed to put it back after it blew up/fell out to sea/ shot to shit/ taken for repairs and never put back/ stolen in the night (but probably not that last one). But we might also consider that they just didn't need to. The story of the assassination is ingrained in the everyday of Pompey.

From 'Villiers Road', to Felton House, to the (EVICTED) Duke of Buckingham pub (rip, you will always be loved inn WBOOS' hearts) to the Plaque outside Ye Spotted Dogge. its all around if you're paying attention.

Ghost stories, teenage detectives in Lisk Societies with far too much time, that one guy who used to work at the Inn who owned the supposed ACTUAL MURDER WEAPON (and who more importantly did not reply to my emails and single facebook message). This story is remembered, Lisk or no lisk.

There's also the fact that in the esplanade rearrangement, the Lisk would've simply been in the way. Physically and thematically. The obelisks along southsea commemorate war, and survival, not treasonous ghosts marking boundaries. And based on our approximations, the Lisk would either be blocking the door to Clarence, or obstructing the path.

Its a shame. if i had a time machine (happy Doctor Who 60th anniversary btw) i would go back to c.1939+ (??? its complicated) and take the obelisk and put it somewhere cool as fuck like on top of the lipstick tower, or smack in the middle of the guinea pig enclosure at Victoria Park.

Just as the duke did, literally everything seemed to be working against the Lisk's longevity.

Gone but no forgotten

(plus pics from 4th Feb (ish) 2023 of me pretending to be the Lisk, and @lyndwyrm0 wih our lovely friend The Shannon xx)

#wb obbly #obelisk posting #w.b obbly #w.b obelisk observer society #obelisk observer society #obelisk #john felton #duke of buckingham #george villiers

[kwebtv]

The First Churchills - BBC Two - Septembr 27, 1969 - December 13, 1969

Period Drama (12 Episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Susan Hampshire as Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

James Villiers as King Charles II

John Westbrook as King James II

Sheila Gish as Queen Mary, wife to James II

Alan Rowe as King William III

Lisa Daniely as Queen Mary II

Margaret Tyzack as Queen Anne

Roger Mutton as Prince George of Denmark

Robert Robinson as King Louis XIV

John Standing as Sidney Godolphin

Frederick Peisley as Lord Shaftesbury

Job Stewart as Lord Shrewsbury

James Kerry as James, Duke of Monmouth

Richard Pearson as Robert Harley

Moira Redmond as Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland

Richard Warwick as Francis Godolphin

Polly Adams as Henrietta Churchill

Graham Armitage as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Colin Bean as Lord Russell

Consuela Chapman as Duchess of Portsmouth

Michael Culver as Charles Churchill

Andria Lawrence as Nell Gwyn

Michael Lynch as D'Artagnan:

Kay Patrick as Henrietta Wentworth

Arthur Pentelow as Marquess of Carmarthen

Bruce Purchase as Duke of Buckingham

John Ringham as Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester

Nicholas Smith as Titus Oates

Michael Attwell as Henry St John

Jill Balcon as Abigail Masham

Freddie Wilson as James Stuart, the Old Pretender

Yvonne Antrobus as Anne Churchill

Robert Mill as Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

William Job as Adam de Cardonnel

Bernard Taylor as William Cadogan

Francis Wallis as John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

The First Churchills was the first series telecast by PBS under the title of Masterpiece Theatre from January 10, 1971 - March 28, 1971

#The First Churchills #TV #BBC Two #PBS #Period Drama #1970's #Susan Hampshire #John Neville #James Villiers #John Standing

[camyfilms]

SLIDING DOORS 1998

Everybody's born knowing all the Beatles lyrics instinctively. They're passed into the fetus subconsciously along with all the amniotic stuff. Fact, they should be called "The Fetals".

#sliding doors #1998 #gwyneth paltrow #john hannah #john lynch #jeanne tripplehorn #zara turner #douglas mcferran #paul brightwell #nina young #virginia mckenna #kevin mcnally #christopher villiers

[wordacrosstime]

A Diamond In The Dust

["A Diamond in the Dust - The Stuarts: Love, Art, War" by Michael Dean. 24 November 2022. Holland Park Press Ltd. Paperback. 225 pages. ISBN: 9781907320965]

The brutal murder of King Charles I was followed by the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, a brief republic. Reinstatement of the monarchy with his son Charles ll was accompanied by the execution of the judges - the Regicide Judges - who had condemned Charles I to death. Ten of them were hanged, nine of whom were hanged, drawn and quartered. The ringmaster Oliver Cromwell died naturally. His corpse was exhumed, hanged at Tyburn (in London, now Marble Arch), beheaded, and its head mounted above the building where Charles I had been tried.

They knew how to do things in those days.

Michael Dean's A Diamond in the Dust starts and ends with the show trial and execution of Charles I, with a second book - The King's Art - scheduled to take the story forward.

Shortly before his death, Charles I wrote a (very long and frankly dreadful, but yes, execution was going too far) poem titled (with capitals as written) Majesty in Misery, Or an Imploration to the KING OF KINGS. It's not known if God has read it yet, it could take a while. Mercifully Michael Dean only quotes three lines and then solely to explain the title of the book:

With my own Power my Majesty they wound, In the King's name the King himself's uncrown'd, So doth the dust destroy the Diamond.

Watch those capitals Charles. Upper Class OK, Upper Case seldom.

Michael Dean's delightful A Diamond In The Dust is a very exact account of many of the painters artists soldiers and male prostitutes who flourished around the courts of Europe. Charles emerges as worried about what he felt was his mis-shapen body until he finds he is good at something. That something, in what was perhaps his own language was f__king. And to give it context, music, sculpture, f__king, religious wars, wars, f__king, spending money he didn't have, f__king, and when at a loss for something to while away his sybaritic hours, not-surprisingly, more f__king.

This should not suggest that Charles I was promiscuous. On the contrary he and his wife Henrietta Maria seem, after a difficult start (there was a lot of religion, catholic and protestant, involved - all across Europe and all across their lives) to have been not simply in love, but profoundly in love. Charles I does emerge at times as a bit of a pr__k, but, as the English public of the time might well have said, 'at least he's our pr__k).

Art, politics, religion, shipwrecks. Michael Dean knows his controversies and A Diamond In The Dust is crammed to the gunwales with them. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham is a superbly-drawn (he's real - all the people in the book are, and there are tons of them) character, sexually versatile on both sides, bold, generally courageous, a kind of World-War-II-We'll-Fight-Them-On-The-Beaches lad (he might well have turned up there for a cameo), hated, unfortunately by Queen Henrietta, and in the end murdered. The narrative does slump a bit when he exits, but it's coming to the end (for Charles I) when he leaves the story, and Charles is only going one way.

Michael Dean is expert with history and characters. His novel about the painter Marc Chagall, The White Crucifixion (2018) as well as being a fine novel is a smart piece of work, coming across - like A Diamond in the Dust - with the feel of historical accuracy (only God knows if it's extremely true, but He's tied up with Charles I's Majesty in Misery, possibly for eternity).

A Diamond in the Dust may be one for (1) history experts who long to pick holes in other historians' work while gloating at their superiority; (2) fanatical puritans (OK, Americans), protestants, catholics (it's got lots of all of them, entangled, not always religiously) (3) Republicans (4) Royalists (5) fans of art (yards and yards of art in 225 pages, lots of named works, very detailed biographies of big (and interestingly obscure) artists and patrons. And others who hate being categorised but read The Guardian flagrantly, with a fixed expression of disapproval.

[Image credit: book cover, with thanks to the copyright holders]

John Park

Words Across Time

19 May 2023

wordsacrosstime

#A Diamond In The Dust #Michael Dean #John Park #Words Across Time #wordsacrosstime #May 2023 #Holland Park Press #The Stuarts #Bernadette Jansen op de Haar #History #English History #Charles I #Charles II #George Villiers #Duke of Buckingham #Henry Wardlaw #Frances Howard #Queen Henrietta #Anthony van Dyck #Hubert Le Sueur #Oliver Cromwell #Nicholas Lanier #Endymion Porter #Wat Montagu #Abraham van der Doort #Peter Paul Rubens #Jan van Belcamp #Sir John Suckling #Privy Gallery #Henry Frederick

[mariocki]

Man in a Suitcase: Dead Man's Shoes (1.11, ITC, 1967)

"You're losing your touch, that report could make you a great deal of money."

"Well, I'd probably just spend it anyway."

#man in a suitcase #dead man's shoes #1967 #classic tv #edmund ward #peter duffell #richard bradford #derren nesbitt #john carson #james villiers #jayne sofiano #murray evans #noel howlett #gerald sim #john brandon #laurie asprey #david saire #norman mitchell #harry brooks #larry martyn #the first episode to be shot as part of the second production block; by this time the crew pretty much knew they wouldn't be getting a #second series (US distributors having passed in favour of The Avengers‚ a tried and tested hit) and various bts shakeups had seen key crew #members come and go. none of that shows onscreen tho‚ in a strong pressure episode that sees McGill once again unknowingly working for the #bad guys and then having to put right his mistakes. by quirk of transmission order this follows All That Glitters and so makes 2 eps in a #row where McGill is a distinctly unwelcome outsider in a small english village (Francis really sells the isolationist and vaguely #threatening nature of this little england throwback which feels quite unlike anything The Saint or ilk were doing). Duffell not francis #my bad. guest star Derren Nesbitt‚ having presumably heard tales of Bradford's rough approach to fight scenes‚ refused to do the final #fight with him as he'd just had dental work done; a stand in took his place and‚ according to at least one source‚ received a bloody nose #for his troubles. Carson gives a very good dialogue lite performance as the sweaty and suffering spy with a bullet wound and Jayne Sofiano #is a very charming girlfriend who'll go to any lengths to protect him; Murray Evans is badly dubbed as the soviet contact pulling strings

[clamarcap]

Rediscoveries

Rediscoveries: Old & New Music of Ireland. Joanne Quigley-McParland, violino; David Quigley, pianoforte. Jean Schwartz (1878 - 1956): My Irish Molly O. (arrangiamento di Philip Martin) Anonimo: An Coulin (arrangiamento di Michael Esposito) Anonimo: 5 airs irlandesi (arrangiamento di John Larchey) Anonimo: Silent O Moyle (The Song of Fionnula) (arrangiamento di Michael Esposito) Charles Villiers…

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#Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair #Charles Villiers Stanford #Charles Wood #David Quigley #Fritz Kreisler #Geoffrey O&039;Connor Morris #Jean Schwartz #Joanne Quigley-McParland #John Larchey #Michael Esposito #Paul Reade #Percy Grainger #Philip Martin

[regencyronnie]

Visualising Miss Searle: The Search for a Likeness

One of my favourite ‘reality’ shows on television is the BBC’s Fake or Fortune? Experts get to use the latest research and forensics to try and determine whether an artwork is a hidden masterpiece, or something less valuable. It is a good thing that I was so attentive as I have had the opportunity to do a little variation of this sleuthing from behind my laptop keyboard. This all kicked off…

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#art #Art Mystery #Banksy #Bristol Museum #Elizabeth Searle #Fake or Fortune #François Hüet Villiers #John Opie #Joseph Farington #Marquess of Londonderry #Robert Heathcote #Thomas Lawrence

[lilypoppy05]

Mary & George - First Look (2023)

Nicholas Galitzine - Julianne Moore - Tom Victor - Frances Coke - Sean Gilder - Jacob McCarthy - Alice Grant - Niamh Algar

Credit: Sky

Mary & George is inspired by the unbelievable true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England and become his all-powerful lover. Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors. And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.

Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals and clawed her way into the heart of the Establishment, making it her own. 

Mary & George is a dangerously daring historical psychodrama about an outrageous mother and son who schemed, seduced, and killed to conquer the court of England and the bed of King James.

#Mary & George #Nicholas Galitzine #Julianne Moore #Tom Victor #Frances Coke #Sean Gilder #Jacob McCarthy #Alice Grant #Niamh Algar #George Villiers #Mary Villiers #John Villiers #Amelia Gething #Sir Thomas Compton #Christopher 'Kit' Villiers #Susan Villiers #Sandie #Sky

[clancarruthers]

WHY DID THE CRUSADERS STATES FALL IN 1291 - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

WHY DID THE CRUSADERS STATES FALL IN 1291 – CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

WHY DID THE CRUSADER STATES FALL IN 1291 The war between the Mongols and the Mamluks in the second half of the thirteenth century would be the catalyst for the downfall of the Crusader States in the Near East. In the spring of 1291 John of Villiers, master of the Knights Hospitaller, wrote to his subordinate in Southern France to report the final collapse of the kingdom of Jerusalem. The…

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#ANTIOCH #carrothers #Carruthers #Carruthers Clan #carruthers family history #Carruthers history #CHARLES OF ANJOU #Clan Carruthers #Clan Carruthers LLC #Crusaders #HOSPITALLERS #JOHN OF VILLIERS #MAMLUK

[gargoyle-doyle]

W.B Obbly’s Obelisk Observer Society ( @lyndwyrm0 )

Sorry but this murder is the most unserious thing ever. Not only did he have it cosmically coming to him, but he was attacked the day before, and then still went down a dark passage. Asking to be killed, fag audacity.

#obelisk observer society #duke of buckingham #George villiers #John Felton

[garyartista]

Australia's WWI Visitor Center- among the very best!

Australia’s WWI Visitor Center- among the very best!

From our mooring on the Somme we biked to the ridge upon which stands Australia’s WWI Monument and the superb Sir John Monash Visitor Center. Given its height and the commanding view if offered, one can see why the German Army picked this spot. Facing away from the Somme it is less imposing and it is from this direction that the Australians came, and yet still struggled mightily. The tower at the…

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#John Monash Visitor Center #Second Battle of Villiers-Brettonneux #WWI

[kwebtv]

Spectre  -  NBC  -  May 21, 1977  (NBC Movie of the Week)

Occult / Mystery  (Pilot for a proposed series by Gene Rodenberry)

Running Time:  98 minutes

Stars:

Robert Culp as William Sebastian

Gig Young as Dr. Amos "Ham" Hamilton

John Hurt as Mitri Cyon / Asmodeus

Gordon Jackson as Inspector Cabell

Ann Bell as Anitra Cyon / Succubus

James Villiers as Sir Geoffrey Cyon

Majel Barrett as Lilith

Jenny Runacre as Sydna

Angela Grant as Butler

Penny Irving as First Maid

Vicki Michelle as Second Maid

Lindy Benson as Third Maid

Sally Farmiloe as Fourth Maid

Michael Latimer as Co-pilot

#Spectre #TV #Pilot #Occult #Mystery #1977 #NBC #Robert Culp #Gig Young #John Hurt #Gordon Jackson #Anne Bell #James Villiers #Majel Barrett

[james-winston]

omfg I am so behind on this (and yes I’ve only become aware of it because Nicholas Galitzine offof rwarb is in it) but they’re making a fucking Duke of Buckingham series!!!

And you’re all sitting there like “who??” well let me tell you about this absolute fuck.

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham was the favourite of King James VI&I and by favourite I do mean it in the gayest of ways. (He started life as Sir George, the shittest of titles, and fucked his way to a Dukedom.)

Long story short, here’s a list of things I need to see in this series or I will SUE:

George slut dropping his way into James’s bed. (I mean, he danced for him, but whatever the 17th century equivalent to slut dropping was you can bet George was doing it.)

The exasperation of James’s advisors when he picks yet another beautiful young man to fuck and give totally unreasonable amounts of money and power to.

Even funnier if they show them actively helping George overthrow James’s old favourite before realising “oh shit this one’s worse.”

George failing consistently at every job he was given. (Yes I know he didn’t actually but where’s the comedy in competency? Give me himbo George or give me death.)

Parliament calling James to task on George being a fucking useless nuisance and James standing up in front of parliament and literally saying, “You may be sure that I love the Earl of Buckingham more than anyone else, and more than you who are here assembled. I wish to speak in my own behalf, and not to have it thought to be a defect, for Jesus Christ did the same, and therefore I cannot be blamed. Christ had his John, and I have my George.” (Huge points for throwing Jesus under the gay bus too.)

James practically arranging George’s marriage for him and then riding his horse around the park crying because George, shock, got married.

What better be the dirtiest sex scenes ever broadcast on British television that lead to the “master and dog” letter.

The consistent drama queenery from James, e.g:

I refuse to tag this as a spoiler because it happened 400 years ago: George smothering James and then playing the heartbroken widow to his son. (Historically debated, if anyone wants details shoot me an ask.)

George getting stabbed to death in what was probably the justified climax of him being the most irritating man alive.

George’s assassin getting the warmest send off ever given by any crowd at a public execution cause the people hated George so fucking much.

#Nicholas Galitzine #literally zero interest in historical accuracy beyond these points #I do think the series is going to focus on George being evil tho #which is a shame #cause he was James’s favourite for 10 years and I genuinely think there was affection from George #I also hope they don’t try and hammer home that he was totally straight #I know there’s a chance he was but I still don’t find it very likely at all #lots of straight men at court didn’t fuck the king for power #also to be clear I love George and will be defending him to the death #but he was also useless and stupid and possibly a murderer #but also he’s my baby :) so :) #and he died 400 years ago so he’s essentially a fictional character and therefore he’s allowed to be my problematic fave #AND HE PROBABLY DIDNT KILL JAMES ANYWAY #George and Mary #History #George Villiers #James I #LGBT History #Gay History