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27 Dec 2008, 10:19 am
. * 1660: Thomas Urquhart, Scottish aristocrat, polymath and first translator of Rabelais into English, is said to have died laughing upon hearing that Charles II had taken the throne. * 1671: François Vatel, chef to Louis XIV, committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he couldn’t stand the shame of a postponed meal. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 10:04 pm
It seems that Anne Applebaum, being English, felt she had to write something about the 10 year anniversary of the death of Diana. [read post]