Breakfast Links: Week of April 11, 2011

Another Sunday, and another week's serving of the freshest Breakfast Links – a selection of noteworthy tidbits gathered from other blogs, web sites, and news stories that we've discovered via the Twitterverse:

• Interesting blog on Queen Mother's 1923 wedding dress, trendy at the time, less so now: http://bit.ly/ewWhDW

• Ornamental Garden Homes for the Delicious Dove – Dovecotes & Pigeon-houses- http://bit.ly/i7NWhu

• Wave the Union Jack! On this day in 1606, James I proclaimed the 1st union flag http://bit.ly/fSL56P

• We couldn't resist: Kermit the Frog reporting from the Boston Tea Party: http://bit.ly/fN1b3d

• Slideshow of stunning early 20th c. photos of old China: RT http://goo.gl/fb/MVSwy

• The throne: a symbol of power and authority: a new exhibition of thrones at Versailles: http://bbc.in/hlSN3L

• Sumptuous pair of embroidered gloves for Court c 1600 & all they represent: http://bit.ly/gBdat8

• Fascinating peek inside Maison Lemarié, the 132 year old Parisian atelier specializing in featherwork. http://fb.me/VZaOCBab

• Poet John Keats still sits in an alcove rescued from Old London Bridge: http://bit.ly/esqlwv

• “They Come Down Here and Drop Into The Water” Helping desperate Victorian prostitutes: http://bit.ly/hmkEdK

• "Famous In My Time.....Medora Leigh" http://nblo.gs/gGMNA

• Enjoy highlights from the exhibition "Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals" in this short film http://ow.ly/4BoiT

• The Great Darkness of 1837:How this mysterious phenomenon caused London to grind to a halt. http://bit.ly/gFs8pm

• A Civil War surgeon, & suffragist, Dr. Mary Walker refused to wear women’s clothing. http://bit.ly/dRg2pL

• Famous London arches (most definitely not Micky D's!): Underneath the Arches: http://wp.me/p13rlt-km

• Which way up? Forks, spoons and fashions in table setting at Fairfax House: http://blog.fairfaxhouse.co.uk/?p=174

• Henry VIII, Mme Curie, many others get the Lego treatment: http://tinyurl.com/3uq9hsy

• Prepare to browse! One of the most extensive private collections of vintage photos on Flickr - http://bit.ly/fCvL8U

• Archaeologists resume a dig on the site of William Shakespeare's last home http://bbc.in/eL4fzj

• Need some milk for your breakfast? Pop down and see this vendor in St James Park (c1910) http://twitpic.com/4lgig5