Connecting (June)

June 26. Elagabulus became Emperor (217): can someone really suffocate from being covered in rose petals? Richard III became King (1483): the ignominy of a carpark. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier died (1810): as did his balloon. Branwell Brontë born (1817): tragic, but was he, who’s to say? Eleanor Parker born (1922): delivers my favourite line in ‘The Sound of Music’, “Why didn’t you tell me to bring along my harmonica?” Malcolm Lowry died (1957): ‘Under the Volcano’ is a trial of a novel in which all people do is argue and drink. JFK says he’s a Berliner (1963): politicians will say anything.