Peter K. Andersson

Peter K. Andersson

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    Ideas Podcast: Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man by Peter K. Andersson Fool: In Search of Henry VIII’s Closest Man In some portraits of Henry VIII there appears another, striking figure—a gaunt and morose-looking man with a shaved head and, in one case, a monkey on his shoulder. Read More
    Detail of the painting "Posthumous Portrait of Henry VIII with Queen Mary and Will Somers the Jester" The joke’s on whom? Amidst the uproar that ensued after the incident at the Oscars ceremony last year, there were writers and reporters who pointed out that Chris Rock was exercising the age-old tradition of the “fool’s license.” If we actually go to the historical reco... Read More