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For Harry, England and Saint George! (IMDB)A New Year has just started and with it, more projects on the way.Being on time has never been one of my greatest qualities. Then again, after a disastrous Christmas to crown an also disastrous 2017, I needed a bit to reorganise this stuff. But do not fret, there's …
Sigue leyendo "Happy (belated) New Year!"
A lot of people ask why I started learning danish (Wikipedia) Even in a global world, learning languages still seems like a weird thing to do. If you know me, or even if you have just been following my Youtube Channel for a little while, you know I love languages. Aside from my native Spanish, …
Inspiration comes from the most varied of places, and ends up in the most varied of results(First of all I need to apologise for the belated posting. Real life ended up getting in the way, sadly, and I brought this a day later. I still hope you all like it!)So, I might have just started …
Since today is a national holiday, there is no post. Do not fret, there will be one tomorrow, along with its own video. But in the meanwhile, how about you peruse the Youtube Channel for some entertainment and lovely poetry videos?See you tomorrow!
David Garrick as Richard III, by William Hogarth (Wikipedia) The revision of the figure of Richard III is nice, but let's respect the many awesome things of the play and its main character.In the last few years we've been seeing a sort of revival for the era of the Wars of the Roses, accompanied by …
Sigue leyendo "I need a villain: In defense of Shakespeare’s Richard III"
Portrait of Lope de Vega (Wikipedia) The story of the Spanish writer's last love seems right out of one of his plays.Sometimes you stumble upon stories that make that saying of “truth is stranger than fiction” eerily true. Sometimes those stories steal your heart in the most unexpected of ways. Sometimes they make you wonder …
The Tudor King has stopped being the sole protagonist (Original portrait at Wikimedia Commons)The Renaissance is more than the famous English King, and media is just starting to realise that. The historical period of the Renaissance, when depicted in television has become nowadays synonymous with the Tudor Era, specially with the figure of Henry VIII. …
Sigue leyendo "5 tv series about the Renaissance (That are not about Henry VIII)"
As the great Adele said in her song... Hello, can you hear me? Well, actually in this case it would be more like can you read me?, but let's not stop in technicisms at this very moment. Not when we have a welcome post to write. Because yes, this post is to bid you all …
