Guy of Gisborne3's Lil Brother in new series 'Vikings' + Sign Petition Organized by Stars of Zero Dark Thirty to Free Pakistani Doctor + Oscar Wkend:Thorin's Makeup Artist(see photo & link to an article) + New Game of Thrones Trailer - Season 3 Starts Mar 31st

Guy3 and his half brother in Robin Hood series 3..

Here's Clive Standen in new series 'Vikings' which starts this Sunday..

This latest effort to put pressure on Pres Obama to help free Pakistani doctor was organized by the stars of the film 'Zero Dark Thirty'..

http://www.freeafridi.com/

Hope springs eternal that RA will be cast as wenching, marauding pirate Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, season 4. S3 is about to begin.

Fascinating stuff for history buffs:

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/oldest-shop-Leicestershire/story-18127106-detail/story.html#axzz2LvVAvGz7

Good to see Oscar voters agreed that the Anna Karenina costumes are stunning. Even they can be improved with addition of...;) Mrs Karenina does seem to be  taken with the handsome stranger at the train station..

Scroll to bottom of following article to see Tami working on Thorin makeup :

http://www.shewired.com/box-office/2013/02/22/meet-tami-lane-oscar-nominated-out-makeup-artist-behind-hobbit

History Channel's New Vikings Series + Downton Gets Down + Dream Casting Director, fan Sue: War and Peace

See clips fron Hobbit interview:

http://www.mbs.jp/potatotime/#ooid=A2dm1rNzqzRMCOc03I8zIOu_xODzApWM

You should've seen the one that got away;D

Leave it to RA to be an ivy league fisherman--freshly coiffed hair and scarf:

John Thornton in Tolstoy's Moscow..

Sue suggests RA should be cast in BBC's new 6-part tv series:War and Peace

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21502934

History Channel's new 'Vikings' series starts Mar 3. It's written by 'The Tudors' author, Michael Hirst.  Judging from following clip I'd say it's more hubby's type of action oriented historic drama.  I will however definitely give it a try, since I'm usually far better entertained by history than modern blather..



Following is the star of Starz network upcoming 'DaVinci's Demons' series, followed by their Valentine's promotion on twitter for the series. Third photo accompanied by the message "Before there was Mardi Gras there was Carnevale."

North and South Chpt X(see past post link) + Valentine RAlert! Thx to Sue for RIII Proposed Design(see link)

Past post - Read chapter 10 of North and South:

http://allthingsrarmitage.blogspot.com/2011/06/thornton-for-tea-thursday-chapter-x.html

Sincere thanks to Sue for furnishing link to the proposed Richard III Memorial:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21427369

http://records.ancestry.com/Rosanna_Ramsdale_records.ashx?pid=23035876

Maraiad's Divine Right to Create Magnificent Manips + Valentines Past + Richard III Bones of Contention--See Links

RA fan Maraiad once again works her manip magic:

Past Post - 2010:Valentine winter escapes:

http://allthingsrarmitage.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-wonderland-escapes-valentine.html

What was the final count for happy couples - about 2 out of 8?

Sue provides source of 'bones of contention': http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21336248

Following links provided by a fellow RA supporter -- Latest headlines in Richard III developments.  To dig or not to dig..that is the question:
Alfred the Great 
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9848984/After-Richard-III-archaeologists-set-their-sights-on-Alfred-the-Great.html
Princes he supposedly had killed.
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/05/princes-in-tower-staying-under
The Richard III facial reconstruction
nos.nl/embed/?id=v:470738&autoplay=1

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/bucks/history/local/davis/davis03.txt
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm
http://www.friendsmedia.org/kidsquake/printables/GalleryOfFriends.pdf

Richard III Facial Reconstruction + Davinci's Demons Trailer + Richard III Trending on Twitter Heralding the Good News:If he was granted a beyond-the-grave wish,would it be "My kingdom for an iPhone?" + Leicester Radio Host Reads RA's Message + Richard III Mania Strikes Twitter(see BBC link) + Another Richard III Article in Herald Scotland(see link) - See First in Below Post

Richard III: See today's headlines and the fact Richard III is trending on Twitter -- Skeleton found in Leicestershire car park is indeed the historic man's remains.

Richard III NEWS:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/hobbit-actor-lines-up-role-as-richard-iii.20080483

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21083005

According to following tweet, at least one Twitter account is slightly uneasy with today's news;)..

Henry Tudor ‏@henryVIII

Bugger. You've dug up Richard III & now Anne Boleyn will demand the same. Do you really want that? DO YOU???? #TudorProblems

New series 'Davinci's Demons' starts Apr 12..


http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/district/holmes.htm

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?forum=holmes&url=%2Fholmes%2F&path=%2Fholmes%2F&terms=yorkshire&boolean=AND&startnum=1

http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=3030