tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post2072297130179972297..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: A serf's-eye viewMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-59973828739828382792012-07-28T17:08:42.966+01:002012-07-28T17:08:42.966+01:00Julia, I suspect he was damned whichever way he we...Julia, I suspect he was damned whichever way he went with that one; put them in and it loses authenticity, leave them out and he's a racist.<br /><br />Getting into the spirit of the thing, the Urchin suggested that the maypoles should have been be accompanied by a wicker man...Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-88917530545119506352012-07-28T07:12:42.848+01:002012-07-28T07:12:42.848+01:00"Meanwhile, behind the scenes, just as in Tud...<i>"Meanwhile, behind the scenes, just as in Tudor England, an army of servants and labourers toil day and night to create the magnificent display."</i><br /><br />Of course, in Tudor England, those servants wouldn't be quite as multicultural as Boyle's imagination fondly assumed them to be. <br /><br />I wonder if anyone told the Angolans, Pakistanis and Somalis seen dancing round the maypole just what a maypole WAS..?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-11531295817849912562012-07-27T21:37:54.851+01:002012-07-27T21:37:54.851+01:00"it's a four-yearly royal progress that o..."it's a four-yearly royal progress that occupies the host nation's minds and - more importantly - wallets to the exclusion of all else"<br /><br />Good point - that's exactly what it is. I just wish more serfs would see it that way.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com