Polly Beauwin

Dealer in autograph letters and manuscripts, theatre lover, balletomane and napoleonic history enthusiast

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

"Money, I've always felt, money - pardon my expression - is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread about encouraging young things to grow."

- Dolly Levi in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker.

[Anne Louise Avery @AnneLouiseAvery]

Also on sale at the moment at the @bodleianshop! https://t.co/u7C7TcwNHa

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

29 Nov 1682: d. Rupert of the Rhine, son of Elizabeth Queen of #Bohemia #otd of chest infection acquired from a #theatre night out (NMM)

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@simon_schama Just watched the History of Now. It was moving, wonderful - and said so much that needs to be said and said again today. Thank you.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@FrenchHist Talleyrand.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

For those who enjoy detective novels - and I enjoy them very much indeed - Dorothy L. Sayers is very special.
But in her spare time she also wrote religious plays. Probably her most famous was the 1939 radio play, The Man Born to be King.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@CatLamin Not a scam at all then!

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@CatLamin Could it be some sort of scam?

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!
I always think Thanksgiving is the start of the holiday season (not September!), a time for family and good friends. So I don't feel it's too early to share this lovely Christmas card from Dodie Smith, author of the 101 Dalmatians.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

Still feeling artistic . . . and few artists have brought more joy and light into this world than Raoul Dufy. His colours cheer me every time I look at his pictures.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

Getting into an artistic mood this week, so here's a letter from one of my favourites, Sonia Delaunay. A great figure of the art deco era, her fabric designs were a defining feature of the age. Every time I go to the French Institute I get to admire her tapestry as I go upstairs.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

This large, framed photograph of Sarah Bernhardt was taken in 1897 when she was in her 50s. The pose is suitably dramatic, but I can't help feeling that she doesn't look terribly comfortable.

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

Let’s be honest: Brexit isn’t working.

British exporters are struggling, our living standards are falling and the UK is now the only G7 country with a smaller economy than before the pandemic.

Unless we face up to the harm Brexit is causing we can't start to address it.

[Stuart H @stu_h_1979]

Happy 422nd birthday to @KingCharlesIRTN - born in #Dunfemline #OnThisDay in 1600!

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@Pipal1735 No.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

If you have enjoyed my tweets about letters and history, books, music, art and general upmarket gossip, you'll find more on instagram at richmondautographs.
From today, I'll be posting fun and/or attractive things, all in the run-up to the holidays.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@davesumnersmith The list is too long for one tweet.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@KaraDiDomizio I've just got my instagram - dormant for years - started again, and I'm slowly finding people I follow here. I'll tackle Mastodon next week.

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@KaraDiDomizio And I followed back. See you there!

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

@KaraDiDomizio Instagram - richmondautographs
I'll Follow back

[Polly Beauwin @BeauwinPolly]

You can also now find me on instagram at richmondautographs. Look forward to finding many of you there!
(Mastodon to follow)