Organ-grinding tweets for February
More untruths & idle opinions.
Tag: australia
July tweets from London’s Singing Organ-Grinder
Whatever became of Christian Lehmann, pioneering Petersburg Shrovetide zookeeper, Pierrot, illusionist, showman?
Newly uncovered evidence shows that, following the fire which destroyed his Russian theatrical business in 1836, he and his family pursued a career in London and Europe, before repeating their Petersburg triumphs in the USA and Australia. Also, a very curious copyright case.
Sister Mary and the Bird
Translations from Welsh and Yiddish revealing ornithomancy amongst the 19th century north Welsh and Jewish Lithuanians.
Shiteways Cider Company Ltd
Sitges carnival poster plagiarised from the Australians?
Not many koalas or wallabies in the Mediterranean, and that’s got to be a Dame Edna dog.
