Odd Bodkin Renaissance Shop

06/02/2024

Ok I'm late to the game but I finally watched the trailer for the new series, "Ren Faire" on HBO. Hilarious! I'm looking forward to seeing the drama.

09/05/2022

02/17/2022

Sanditon
The wait is almost over! I’ll be binging the series to get ready.

Why are the men in Jane Austen’s stories so surly?

Sanditon Season 2 returns on Sundays starting March 20, 2022 on PBS.

Pictured is Sanditon’s Miss Georgiana Lambe played by Crystal Clarke

02/12/2022

"The Black Tudors" By Dr. Miranda Kaufmann highlights 10 black people living, working and loving in the Tudor and Elizabethan Period. It's on my wishlist!

Published in October 2017 from Oneworld PublicationsA black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in a Gloucestershire manor house. A heavily pregnant Afr...

02/10/2022

Bridgerton Season 2 comes out in just over a month (March 25, 2022). If you haven’t seen Season 1 yet, you still have time to catch up, or to rewatch all the fun!

What do you think will happen this season? Be careful with spoilers!

Pictured is my favorite character, Lady Danbury, played by Adjoa Andoh.

02/10/2022

This Regency style gown is created using African wax print fabrics. Perfectly styled as an art installation and short film by Yinka Shonibare MBE.

Shonibare’s interdisciplinary practice uses citations of Western art history and literature to question the validity of contemporary cultural and national identities within the context of globalization. He has an incredible array of art featuring this textile and it is well worth a look!

[http://yinkashonibare.com](http://yinkashonibare.com/biography/)

02/08/2022

"With Washington in the titular role, and Frances McDormand portraying his persuasive wife, the film diverts from the traditional interpretation of the text — that the Macbeths are young, hungry and teeming with potential — to focus on a maturing couple and their last opportunity to establish a legacy. Even as they seize their destiny and conspire to kill the king, time seems to be working against them."
MacBeth is on Apple TV + and stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.
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Denzel Washington has said The Tragedy of Macbeth's diverse casting 'shouldn't even be mentioned' — but the added subtext actually enhances the story.

02/07/2022

A fantastic story about sewing machines and "woke capitalism". Sometimes it's important to know where your dollars are going and whether they are benefitting or taking from the causes you support.

http://facebook.com/sewcreativelounge is a business to support during Black History Month. Check them out and join their lounge to meet other seamsters!

A device that changed women's lives was originally intended to make one man rich.

02/06/2022

Onyeka Nubia's original research shows that Tudors from many walks of life regularly interacted with people of African descent, both at home and abroad, revealing a genuine pragmatism towards race and acceptance of difference. Nubia also rejects the influence of the 'Curse of Ham' myth on Tudor thinking, persuasively arguing that many of the ideas associated with modern racism are in fact relatively recent developments.

England’s Other Countrymen: Black Tudor Society (Blackness in Britain)

02/04/2022

Anne Boleyn

Have you been watching this new show on the final days of Anne’s life? What did you think?

Stars Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne and Mark Stanley as Henry VIII.

02/03/2022

Let's talk cosplay!
Please share pics of your own creations, as well as links to your favorite creators. What new characters are you putting together?
made me work hard to find a favorite among her amazing looks. Check out her Instagram page for some inspo.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQUCR0jySy/