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Rome is such a historical jumble. The street I live on dates back thousands of years. At the end of it, there is a tower from the 16th century that sits on top of the remains of the Foro della Pace from 858. Walk a little further and there is the Vittoriano, the massive white monument that was built in 1885. There are Renaissance palaces and Baroque churches, Fascist/rationalist palazzos, and the occasional mid-century condominium.

The woman rubbed her hands on the embroidered, sequined dress of the Virgin Mary as she laughed and called to her boyfriend in Spanish. Roughly and without care she lifted the wooden donation box which sat beneath the statue, shaking it to see if it contained anything, and gracelessly plopped it back on the stone ledge, not caring that before it had bee… ncG1vNJzZminka2upK2NrKybq6SWsKx6wqikaKhfmrlurdGbpqVllJq5bsDUpZw%3D

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A FEW DAYS ago, in response to a tiresome tweet that a display of Union Jacks was proof that the UK was becoming a fascist state, I tweeted that ‘Flags are no more fascist than motorways’. It was, I thought, an immensely clever and subtle way of indicating that just because something was invented or adopted by a fascist regime, that didn’t necessarily make it fascist. Until then, like many, I had always thought that motorways were invented by the Germans, but several people pointed out that the Italians had got there first.

Welcome to another episode of the History Islands. Let me introduce you to Lucy and Elinor. They are two sisters growing up in St Helier, at the height of the Victorian age, in an unhappy house that reeked with the stench of gin. The odds were stacked against them as they began their journeys, but through fierce determination, both girls would leave their mark on the twentieth century. Their paths would eventually take them from that dreary house on Colomberie to the glittering catwalks of New York and the sun-drenched boulevards of Hollywood respectively.

Welcome to another episode of the History Islands, continuing the true story of one of Jersey’s most famous daughters. Elinor Sutherland has survived the ordeal of her Channel Islands shipwreck in 1875, and she now begins her ascent to the heights of Hollywood. Lucy and her sister Elinor grew into a pair of socially ambitious and utterly self-assured young women. Lucy, later Lady Duff-Gordon, eventually became a pioneering couturier with her own fashion house, Lucile Ltd.

Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480 – ), is married to Sir Thomas Boleyn. As a Howard and the sister to the Duke of Norfolk, she unites the Howard and Boleyn clans at court. There are rumours that she was once Henry VIII’s mistress. ncG1vNJzZmien6TBr7vTnqqappSprq%2BzxKerrGajqq%2B0wMCcomebn6J8sXvEpaCzmZKawal5waijnrGe

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson grew up in a time when people would commonly say, "To learn arithmetic will not help my daughter to find a husband." She would challenge this norm and, in doing so, achieve many firsts, including becoming the first woman doctor in Britain, the first female dean of a British medical school, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board, and the first female mayor in Britain, amongst many other accomplishments.

Still not over the LH news!!! On the one hand I love both Charles and Lewis and seeing them on the same team is a dream come true, on the other hand I love both Charles and Lewis and they are both number 1 drivers?! Who are Ferrari going to back more in the fight for the drivers championship title? Previous world champion or hopeful future world champion?? This is going to be iiiiiiinteresting.