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Joan of Navarre, the witch-queen of England

Although not the first to be tried for witchcraft, Joan of Navarre has the distinction of being the first English Queen to be found guilty of it. She’s today’s profile on my Patreon.
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Fortuny in Venice

A few weeks ago, I wrote about an installation with pieces by Giorgio Armani at the Pinacoteca di Brera, here in Milan, and as a matter of fact that wasn’t the only show around fashion I visited, which is unlike me. While I was in

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