Regency Era Fan Pillows

Edmund Kean Supporting Drury Lane

Cut out and keep your own Jane Austen.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. It's always my intention to leave you laughing."

"I'm sure you'll grow into it, darling."

Paul Klee

"We're following Carrot Top."

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

King George I

"The peasants are revolting Sire."

'Fancy you doing a curtsey and she being a non-serving royal, you big dope!'

Romeo & Juliet & Ron

TV jester.

Stephen Spender.

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."

Lessons in Prehistory.

The University Cricket Match - a sketch at Lord's.

The Da Vinci Cod

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"

'The King of what?'

Oh, wait - Their king posted a declaration of war on your Facebook wall this morning.

You're my Venus

'Look, Carl, the glory days are over. You might want to slip into something a little more comfortable.'

Cargo Bay at Thames Warehouse

'Yes, he definitely wants something. . . maybe his crown and scepter.'

King and Jester

'Magnolia, Michaelangelo, the ceiling was meant to be magnolia!'

"When we asked you to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michaelangelo, we were hoping you'd snazz it up."

"One blackbird pizza?"

"You're unlikely to find anyplace on the market that is truly impregnable."

'Why round? Why not square? Or rectangle? Or a triangle? Or . . . '

An August Bank-Holiday in the East End.

'I know it seems like a war, but it's actually an all-out struggle for peace!'

"...and if any of you are opposed to my being king of the snake pit, raise your hands now!"

Rembrandt's Selfies