Stuff and nonsense...
The Bard's face?
The story of how William Shakespeare’s face was revealed through symbols in a 1597 gardening manual is a concoction worthy of Dan Brown, Jonathan Jones reports today on the guardian.com.
The image caused quite a farrago (what a great word), Jones wrote.
Has the only authentic portrait of Shakespeare been recognized, hidden in plain sight, in a 16th-century garden book? That’s the story that has swept the media this week, with huge excitement about the cracking of the “Shakepeare code”.
Don't miss the rest of Jones' well written and engaging article: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/may/20/the-shakespeare-code-garden-book-portrait-discovery-art-symbols
It conjures up an image of a very British and incredulous colonel Blimp blustering, Stuff and nonsense, sir:
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