Renaissance Faire Fan Pillows

'Sire, your new fortress was fine for your nephew's fifth, but I fear it is set for a sterner test.'

"Not now, my love. I'm feeling preminstrel."

"We're following Carrot Top."

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

King George I

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

Romeo & Juliet & Ron

The Da Vinci Cod

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

"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. . . ?"

You're my Venus

"You've got to stop wearing top hat and tails in the office! Everyone thinks you've got a huge payrise!"

Cargo Bay at Thames Warehouse

4 Reasons People Love Oktoberfest

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

New and Used Armor. Ow! Ow! Ouch! Ow! I told you to spring for the under-coating option.

"I look kind of nice today. . . How long have I been this ugly?"

Cut out and keep your own Jane Austen.

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

Edmund Kean Supporting Drury Lane

An August Bank-Holiday in the East End.

"I'm not loitering officer, I 'm waiting for the next renaissance!"

Rembrandt's Selfies

Knight with paint tin on his head.

1867 Reform Act: 'Fagin's Political School'

"Another selfie, Rembrandt?"

"When you tell your Father how you're dropping out of college to be a renaissance faire entertainer, the least you could do is break character."

'I'm interested in being born again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.'

"So, Heep...have you any excuse for your appalling behaviour?"

Victorian woman at a bar.

The Last Thing Out.

A bath at Boulogne. - Appalling position of Mr and Mrs Tomkins, who had a jib horse when the tide was coming in.

Knight Supplies

Disraeli's Minority Ministry Losing Popular Support