Edwardian Studies Mugs

Pirate

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

"Before you chop off my head, don't you think we should see a counsellor?"

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

Scarcity

Daughters on the beach

Scientists are sexy

"He's his own worst enemy."

Hildegard von Bingen

"The knights of the round accent table"

Swiss army knife

'I'm re-enacting a battle with my conscience.'

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding as written and as it would have been written if David Hume had invested in a word processor,

Blue Dress

"Say! While I'm off in the Holy Land, why don't you find a little crusade of some kind that interests you?"

Early attempts at standardising currency.

'Is "I'll huff and I'll puff till I blow your castle down" the best intimidation we can come up with!!'

"Sheesh... Missed a button again."

"Oh my goodness. My lecture on John Donne has just been awarded Most Pizzazzy Metaphysical Lecture of the Year."

"It's either this or a country run by lawyers."

The Inn Keeper's Wife and Daughter taking care of the Don after being beaten and bruised.

"I welcome the discussion."

"Hang on a tick, lads, what have we here?"

"Go back! The place is full of mold!"

'None shall pass!'

"You don't have anything planned for the next 196 years, do you?"

"I suppose you're worried about your little peasant benefits."

Monk Graffiti

"Dean Williams, the grant committee approved my research grant to determine how many research grants are a waste of government money!"

"Archaeologists discovered several enormous ancient cities buried under the jungles of Cambodia. That means the Khmer civilization was the largest empire on Earth from the 9th to the 12th centuries. That changes everything about our conception of the Middle Ages. What was your conception of the Middle Ages? Well... it was... well, knights, maidens, dragons... mostly dragons. And elves."

Servant unscrews knight from his suit of armour.