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Ep. 690: Cranford | Chapter 12

Book talk begins at 15:55

Peter may be lost to the mists of time (or possibly crowned the llama of Tibet, if Miss Pole is to be believed) but it's Lady Glenmire who's dropped the real bombshell in this week's chapter.

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03:55 - Foundation Paper Piecing patterns

04:30 - Benjamin Dryer of "Dryer's English" & Andrew on AI this is what he wrote to me to introduce all these interactions:

• The reason I was remembering this book (that I can't quite remember) is that the idea of scale has been on my mind. It started with this story, and then this post that I wrote in response to it—and then this post by Benjamin Dreyer, which I asked my Chat-GPT to respond to, which then led to THIS piece from America's Copy Editor, with both of us being a little dazzled and a little terrified by a "mere" predictive-text engine's ability to create a phrase like "phrenology for prose."

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08:20 - Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah

10:25 - Jameella Jamil's article

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13:00 - Listener Margaret had JUST read this book on the Porter Sisters when their books were mentioned on a Cranford episode! ZEITGEIST!!!!

13:46 - I just listened to the podcast Haptic and Hue: Tales of Textiles. the June 4 episode is on The Witches of Scotland: How a New Tartan Became a Living Memorial - and thought Craftlit people would be interested—thank you JayKay

15:20 - And from Maia a BBC podcast on the same topic

15:30 - And another podcast from Lily M

15:55 START BOOK TALK

16:05 - A Moving Chess Pieces Chapter

17:49 - "veiled prophet in Lalla Rookh" by Thomas Moore (1799-1852), verse tales joined by prose text, first tale "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan" Edward Said's book Orientalism

19:00 - Rowland's Kalydor: a skin tonic with a basis of almond oil.

19:20 - Bonds are issued by governments or companies wishing to raise money. Foreign bonds in Cranford = risky (a kind of South Sea bubble).

22:56 - "Tibbie Fowler"—poem by Robert Burns (1756 to 1796)

24:30 - "Queen of Spain's Legs"—just sayin' 🤣

47:21 - Post Chapter Chat

51:10 - it's not The Kiss scene, it's "The Reunion Scene" and you can find it here.

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Ep. 689: Cranford | Chapter 11

Book talk begins at 13:40

Who's really behind the name Signor Brunoni? And could Aga Jenkyns be…?

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Ep. 688: Cranford | Chapter 10

Book talk begins at 14:11

Robbers, suspicion, and just when things couldn't get more tragic (or absurd), Mrs. Jamieson's dog dies—and she mourns harder than she did her own husband.

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• Nicole Rudolph women's credit card history

• Nicole Rudolph's women traveling trunks

• KAZ Victorian trains vs modern trains

• Nicole Rudolph money and clothes channeling lady glenmire's 10£ outfit

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14:11 START BOOK TALK Signor Brunoni and Miss Pole's Magicsplaining - she only gets worse in this chapter

15:03 - Doctors are also dentists - don't forget

16:10 - Remember that the French fought with the Colonists against Britain AND The Brits also fought the French in Spain during the Peninsular War (1808-1815) vs Napoleon.

17:12 - Madame de Staël with a turban on and another of Mr Denon-

Denon was an art expert who travelled with Napoleon to Egypt. One of his sketches is of a man in a turban:

18:35 - There is a reference to Philomel / Nightingale

20:34 - You'll hear a reference to a mysterious "deadly force" - or "the gaze"

21:32 - Cheltenham, spa town.

21:46 - Virago—domineering bad tempered woman

21:50 - Videlicet - viz: Videlicet (2. > vi-DEL-i-sit or wi-del-eh-ket in Latin) is a Latin adverb meaning "namely," "that is to say," or "as follows." It's abbreviated as viz.

22:56 - Dr. John Ferrier—(1761 to 1815)—author of an essay "Towards a Theory of Apparitions" and Dr Samuel Hibbard—(1782 to 1848)—the author of Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions (or an Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes (1825)

59:27 Post-chapter Chat

01:02:00 - LOGICAL FALLACY - Miss Pole: "I beleive he was robbed…"

Appeal to Belief ** - (argumentum ad consequentiam or ad populum)** Definition: Claiming that something must be true (or false) simply because one believes it, regardless of the evidence or reasoning - the Plural of Anecdote is NOT Data.

1:03:39 Mrs Forester - cold pigged in the morning to get out of bed

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Ep. 687: Cranford | Chapter 9

Book talk begins at 20:20

This week we bring the razzle-dazzle of Signor Brunoni's magic act—and the unstoppable commentary of Miss Pole. 😆

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• CIDER in Jim Thorpe - Cidery https://wildelder.com/ and Elderberry - WHAT IS? https://hildaskitchenblog.com/recipe/easy-elderberry-wine-recipe/

20:20 START BOOK TALK

• Michaelmas to ladies day Sept 29–Mar25

• Wombwell's Lions: https://wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/warwephem/id/1376/ George Wombwell (1777-1850) had a traveling menagerie, bred first lion born in England - which fought the bull mastiffs

• Saracen's Head Turban (OG demolished 1868): the Inn, Saracen = Crusade-era term for Arab/Muslim (actually there are MANY Saracen Head pubs and Inns still around!)

• https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oU8AAOSw5B9iBiju/s-l400.jpg

• TURBAN WEARING - WAS popular in 1840s - so Miss Matty is quite en Vogue!

• The George / the Assembly Rooms

• Clothes Maids

• PORTER SISTER'S BOOKS: Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) / The Hungarian Brothers (1807) & Don Sebastian (1809), Young Protector of Santo Sebastiani (1814) = all referenced by Miss Pole who clearly reads too much - a la Northanger Abby

• Witch of Endor - Saul summons Prophet Samuel to ask why God has forsaken him. Oops, God Said, Yer dead.

• Death Watches (Beetles) and winding sheets again, all apparently Omens of death so Miss Jenkyns only ever said Rolly-polly's (rolls of wax)

• card game preference—pool is basically a kitty

• Queen Charlottte (Yes, Bridgerton, wife of George III) &The Gunning Sisters—actresses briefly, then found husbands.

• Chapeau Bras - A chapeau-bras is a specific type of hat, often a bicorne or tricorne, designed to be folded and carried under the arm. It translates literally from French as "hat arm". These hats were a popular style worn by gentlemen, particularly during the 18th century, for dress occasions and could be easily stowed when not worn—NOT IN FASHION NOW

• National School boys - elementary schools set up by C of E - listen to the story of the minister with the boys HA!

• leg·er·de·main - /ˌlejərdəˈmān/ skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks.

Post-chapter Chat

• MISS POLE IS OUTTA CONTROL

• Assembly Room has seen better days like Emma's Highbury

• It was "not the thing" says Miss Pole - just like Emma's dad! and yet SHE was the one annoying the Signore

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