for I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as
when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our
estimation

Pride and Prejudice http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv1n20.html

"Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we found we'd already eaten" RIP Tony Benn; more memorable quotes http://t.co/QXUGBJarnW

— Sarah Wollaston MP (@drwollastonmp) March 15, 2014

RIP Tony Benn. He made a secret memorial to suffragette Emily Davison in a Commons broom cupboard pic.twitter.com/oBLb8dXCLo

— Chris Whitehouse (@CllrWhitehouse) March 14, 2014

Fascinating glimpse at inflation over 40 years. H/T @sam_a_voice pic.twitter.com/M0DfR0nL6T

— Mark Sparrow (@MarkGSparrow) March 8, 2014

@MarkGSparrow @gerry_4 this is interesting too x pic.twitter.com/2ZycP1pjjO

— Dr Tig Calvert (@sam_a_voice) March 8, 2014

Certainly have friends in high places today! Windsor Castle no less....

Govt claims 250k fewer people claiming JSA than in 2010. They probably don't want this too widely known: http://t.co/QEdI7vlfKb

Came across this today.. via http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/185...

We were honoured by a visit from the notorios author Mark Evans

See his interview http://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/tuesday-talk-budleigh-mu...

The Scent of Lilacs tells the story of Nazi Berlin during the
catastrophic last two weeks in April 1945, when the city was attacked
and occupied by the Red Army.  The terrible reality of the fall of
Berlin is brought to life through the day-to-day personal experiences of
ordinary soldiers and civilians as they struggle to cope

See more from his new book "Scent of Lilacs"

Came across an interesting character today via Twitter https://twitter.com/stellacreasy/status/385373352866906112 and https://gascoigne.eventbrite.com/

George
Gascoigne, one of the often-overlooked generation before Shakespeare,
is remembered in Walthamstow as the town's own Elizabethan poet. He was
also a soldier turned pacifist, a lawyer, a writer of prose fiction
before the time of the novel, a courtier who failed at court despite
being the inventor of the cult of Elizabeth as a demi-goddess married to
her country, a member of a family so dysfunctional that his mother
stole his sheep, and an MP who was drummed out of parliament for being a
"common rhymer and notorious ruffian".

Excellent article

High praise indeed: the inestimable @mollycrabapple seems to have annoyed her Gitmo minders... http://t.co/Jp698uFPOQ

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) September 12, 2013

Inside a Guantanamo Bay Prison Tour - Molly Crabapple Returns to Guantanamo Bay

By Molly Crabapple