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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was born on this day (14 July) into a wealthy family in Washington New Hall in County Durham, England in ...

The Olympics were held in Stockholm in 1912 and for the first time, women were allowed to compete in swimming and diving. Star of the game...

Today is the birthday of Elsa Andersson , the first Swedish aviatrix, so I thought I should talk about her in my series about Historical W...

Ruddy Gore is the 7th book about Phryne Fisher in which Phryne goes to the theatre to watch Ruddigore and celebrate the aviator Bert Hin...

As I have said in my previous two entries there is a lot to talk about Blood and Circuses . However, I felt like the entry about Phryne...

"Justice, not money, determines the cases worthy of my attention." ~Phryne Fisher, Blood and Circuses (TV) As I said in my entry a...

I think this is my favourite among the art deco-inspired covers. Blood and Circuses is the sixth installment in the book series about ...

Phryne The Green Mill Murder is one of my favourite episodes of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and also turned out to be one of...