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February 19, 2022 at 10:39AM

Lovely nursery rhymes on a Saturday morning. Some, more familiar than others.

The British Library holds this 1744 book of nursery rhymes, Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book, which was sold in London and is the oldest surviving published collection in the genre.

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Liked on YouTube: Oliver Tree – Swing & A Miss [Music Video]

New album ‘Cowboy Tears’ out now! https://bit.ly/3Jk9P5T
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Written & Directed by Oliver Tree

Executive Producer: Oliver Tree
Executive Producer: Wes Teshome (Atlantic Records)

Production Co: Alien Boy Films – https://bit.ly/3sWtO4i
Production Company: Dreambear
Executive Producers: Evan Brown, Dave Gelb & Danny Pollack
Producer: Danny Pollack
Production Manager: Zack Stauffer
Management: Good Luck Have Fun – https://bit.ly/3sxK9Mp
DP: Brett Arndt
1st AD: Sam Shapson
Production Designer: Matt Sokoler
Stylist: Ken Law
Oliver Hair: Romina Porras
Oliver MakeUp: Olga Tarnovetska
Bowlcut Mullet Supervisor: Paul Donatelli

Cool Guy Who Did Things: Ryan Farber
Post/VFX Producer: Bradley Crawford
VFX: Jairo Perez, Derek King, Ryan Game, Bradley Crawford
VFX Supervisor: Tomash Kuzmytskyi
DIT: Kyle Reed
Titles: Daniel Cordero
Colorist – Bryan Smaller
Lead Female: Claire Montgomery

Label: Atlantic Records
Video Commissioner: Wes Teshome
Marketing (Atlantic Records): Brian “Busy” Dackowski

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February 17, 2022 at 02:41PM

illustration of a Funeral of William the Conqueror at Caen, engraving, England

I couldn’t remember which English king exploded… imagine my surprise to find there is more than one!

The one I was thinking of was William the Conquerer’s funeral but it turns out (pardon the pun) Henry VIII also went kaboom as a corpse-balloon.

Henry VIII https://bit.ly/3gRlf4Y

William the Conqueror
https://bit.ly/3GSwUeh https://instagr.am/p/CaFy0E3jY8Z/


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