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William Morrow
(2017-04-04)
400 pages
ISBN: 978-0062499950

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June 11, 2010 by Ellen Herrick

I went to Eton on June 2nd for The Fourth of June.  I’ll explain that, later, but first a brief history.  Eton College was founded in 1440 by Henry VI so it’s still working out the kinks.  It’s probably best known for the uniforms: white, stiff collared shirt and tie, waistcoat, morning coat and pin-striped trousers.  Well, famous for the uniform and its graduates (Old Etonians), past and present.  Princes William and Harry (just named the coolest man in the world), the current Prime Minister and 18 others, the first Duke of Wellington (“The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton”), Hugh Laurie, Sebastian Flyte, Captain Hook.

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Filed Under: England, Eton, June, tradition Tagged With: England, Eton, grace, June, summer, tradition

Joy Rising, Sorry Oprah

April 21, 2010 by Ellen Herrick

I have a friend, one of those real ones that your kid brings over to you on the playground or in front of the school and says, “Here, this is so and so’s Mum, you’ll love her.”  There are other real ones, like the girl you met Freshman year in college who is so different from you and yet so alike that you can’t stop listening to her stories and you start using the same soap she does because you want to smell just like her.  But more about her, another time.

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