Note: it is not just genealogy I am expected to be an expert in!

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hello, the sunday herald are doing a feature on lamb island, and are looking for a picture of scota.  we would like to publish it but need a high res image

Note: Scota was King Tutankhamun’s half-sister, exiled from Egypt by her father, who travelled to Scotland nearly 3,500 years ago. Pictures of her are few and far between!

I’ve just seen the documentary in which you took part. Why do you seek to defend this degenerate, and exactly how was Lord Alfred Douglas responsible for Wilde’s downfall?

You appear to subscribe to the school of thought that thinks genius – however nebulously defined – excuses anything. We witnessed a similar obscene spectacle on the conviction of Mike Tyson for the rape of Desiree Washington; all boxing fans and indeed the world could talk about was when he would be released. At least the Victorians had the common decency to treat a pederast like a pederast. If Tyson had been just another black punk from the Bronx, who would have given him the time of day? If Wilde had been a working man or even a run of the mill aristocrat, who would have cared what happened to him?

Even his much vaunted literary works are vastly over-rated; The Ballad Of Brixton Gaol by the 1984 Koestler Award winner leaves his self-indulgent whinings about Reading standing, but I suppose I’m biased on that one.

For the record, I think the work you are doing is much more important than anything Wilde ever did.

Note:  I did not take part in any documentary! But I am pleased he thinks my work important!

I receive regular requests to put people in touch with the subjects of articles in the Douglas Archives. Here is the latest:

'Please, I want to contact Mr Denzil Douglas Premier ministre de Saint-Kitts and Nevis. I am the embassador of european Funds with my project "Villes des iles de La Caraibe"'

I am often asked to promote companies seeking marketing opportunities, but here is a request from someone seeking a manufacturer:

Message = I am looking for a store or manufacturer for custom Tailor to make a custom wool Pendelton type shirts in my Douglas family tartan colors.  Any suggestions?

Note:  as it happens, I was able to put them in touch with someone I used to do business with in Cyprus!