Annie Kapur
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Apple, Almond and Thyme
Welcome to another episode of cake vs cookie and today the flavours are apple, almond and thyme. So far, we've seen lots of success and a few weird flavour combinations. I think that today's flavours might be a winning combination to take over the crown from orange, tarragon and honey and, I don't think I'll be making anything with banana, coconut and ginger for a while until I figure out how to do it correctly.
By Annie Kapurabout 2 hours ago in Feast
Book Review: "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Alison Weir (Pt. 6)
Henry finally had a son and yet, it isn't the way we think. It was his mistress who gave birth to a child named Henry who would, in time become a member of the royal household because Henry was so insecure about the Kingship and whether it would continue. Alison Weir frames this as a situation that undoes Catherine of Aragon a bit due to the fact it puts her daughter, Mary Tudor, into peril for her own future. A legitimate daughter who must play second place to a child that was not born in wedlock? She was very upset. As we know, everyone still hates Wolsey but now, even the King is starting to suspect that perhaps, this man has too much power. When it comes to bringing the little boy into the royal household, the King is starting to notice the bickering amongst his men.
By Annie Kapurabout 9 hours ago in Geeks
Personal Space
For some reason, it seems to be unpopular to have the opinion of wanting personal space. I do very much miss the days when it was illegal to come within 6 feet of anyone else and I would like the earth to go back to that because what the hell is everyone on nowadays?
By Annie Kapura day ago in Psyche
Book Review: "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Alison Weir (Pt. 5)
We are introduced to the scholarly nature of the early Renaissance and the birth of humanism. Alison Weir covers the way in which humanism made its way from Italy to England and how Latin became a language more widely studied once again. England was cultivating a deep love for the classical world's teachings. I really loved this chapter because I am a big fan of Renaissance humanism though, I had yet to learn about how it made an impact in England. If philosophy is where your wants lie then this book is definitely for you as it contains a good load of it.
By Annie Kapura day ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Alison Weir (Pt. 4)
Sport was definitely a gentleman’s affair. Jousting and swordsmanship, archery and strength exercises took place in the summer and were all military practices but were also a display of strength for the masculine folks of the upper class who were easily bored. Of course, we are still on the faction of entertainment which involved constantly making the aristocrats who had nothing to do, feel less bored. Alison Weir definitely looks at the fact that the archery practice was at least viewed as useful in comparison to the others, which is why so many gentlemen were encouraged to pursue it to the best of their abilities.
By Annie Kapur2 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Alison Weir (Pt. 3)
There were so many rules for manners, especially in the presence of the king. Public processions, routines and ceremonies for waking and sleeping, trumpets blaring for eating and feasting. I don't know how people kept up. Alison Weir states that practically everything was a ceremony, everything had a set of rules and regulations of what was to be done. The rigid routine was so careful that every single person in the room had a job to do and there were a lot of people there.
By Annie Kapur3 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Alison Weir (Pt. 2)
There's already a lot we know about the young prince Henry and we even have a flavour of how he grew up and was basically raised to be the most entitled brat in England. Be that as it may, he had a lot of knowledge and was actually incredibly clever when it came to scholarly studies, languages and as it happens, masonry and interior design as well. Alison Weir tells us all about the way the King decorated places like Hampton Court to show off his wealth, draping the walls with fine woven textiles and making decorative glass to depict his noble lineage. This was all part of the theatre of royalty, the propaganda that Henry VIII was so good at during the time, it almost made people forget that he had two of his wives killed and one was not even 20 years' old at the time.
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Geeks
Banana, Coconut and Ginger
Okay so I have to admit that I took a couple of days to process this one because I had no idea how to work in the banana. It seemed really foreign to me when it came to getting fresh banana into my biscuit. For the cake, it was quite simple to mash the fruit up and put it into the mixture. So let's just say I wasn't expecting too much out of the biscuits...
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Feast
Terra Amata by J.M.G. Le Clézio
In 1967, J.M.G. Le Clézio published his novel Terra Amata as one of his earlier works. An experimental novel, it is part of this larger phase where the author was working with more surrealist fiction styles, often embracing fragmentations and existentialism as a philosophy of his work. Like a lot of his work though, it explores what it means to be human and how this works in relation to the natural world. It blurs those lines between the real and the cosmic, the existential and the absurdist and the way in which we understand ourselves is shrouded in the 'bigger picture'.
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Alison Weir (Pt.1)
Popular culture has perpetuated some mythologies regarding Henry VIII, Alison Weir makes it clear that she'll address these issues but probably not entertain them. One of the myths is that Henry VIII didn't wash and thus smelt bad, in fact Weir puts to us that the King was obsessed with his hygeine. He also almost never dined in the main hall with others, which challenges many notions and amateur YouTube videos that claim the King was definitely not a great dinner guest in the main dining hall. We learn that on many instances, he preferred to dine with his wife, or by himself - a King that was more introspective than we have been led to believe does not necessarily mean he was not a complete and utter sociopath.
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Geeks
I'm Really Starting to Hate the BBC and Their Acts of Bad Faith
It's a Friday and I'm watching the news. I don't usually choose to watch the news because I'm starting to hate the BBC. It's the BBC Breakfast Show and I'm tuning in to see what's going on in the world.
By Annie Kapur6 days ago in Writers
Book Review: "Hannibal" by Philip Freeman
This is quite fascinating. I have studied people like Napoleon and of course, there's that famous painting of him 'Crossing the Alps' by Jacques-Louis David, one of my favourite painters. If you look at where he has carved his name, it is directly above that of Hannibal. Now, I've heard of Hannibal and the Elephants before mainly because I wasn't an ignorant child but I had never actually studied him in any detail. The extent of what I knew seemed to stop at 'he fought the Roman army' and he was actually a formidable foe to them, able to hold his own. But after reading this book by Philip Freeman, I have to say I know a lot more now and it is all very interesting to me.
By Annie Kapur6 days ago in Geeks
