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BCRF: Saoirse Ronan
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 1 CommentSaoirse Ronan is an Oscar-nominated American-Irish actress and rising star in Hollywood famous for her roles in The Lovely Bones, Hanna, and Atonement. She packs a lot of screen presence for... -
BCRF: Michael Keaton
Posted on August 27, 2011 | 2 CommentsRich and famous actor Michael Keaton is best known for playing talented but eccentric anti-heroes with obsessive compulsive personalities, most notably Bruce Wayne in Batman and the titular BeetleJuice. It’s no wonder... -
Juicing The Sheep
Posted on April 9, 2009 | No CommentsThe Journal of Queen Victoria Thursday, October 21, 1868 “Juicing the Sheep“ At a quarter to twelve I drove off with Louise and Leopold in the waggonette up to near... -
The Million Dollar Collie
Posted on February 2, 2009 | 5 CommentsA healthy transatlantic Collie industry supported the rist of the large kennels in North America. In 1888 the banker and financier J.P. Morgan set up a Collie kennel called Cragston... -
Queen Victoria's Border Collies
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 30 CommentsFor well over a century the “Collie” name has been co-opted by show breeders who have created a monster whose face looks like a door stop with beady eyes set... -
Show Me the Collie
Posted on January 22, 2009 | 3 CommentsHaving established that Queen Victoria’s direct influence on the proliferation of the show Collie is insubstantial at best, let’s explore what impact the Monarchy may have, in fact, had on... -
The Queen and the Collie
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 3 CommentsThe old wisdom on the rise of the show Collie is that Queen Victoria met them on a trip to Scotland in the 1860s, became infatuated, acquired them, sponsored them... -
The Victorian Collie Myth
Posted on January 19, 2009 | 7 CommentsThe prevailing creation myth among show Collie enthusiasts is that Queen Victoria’s infatuation with the breed set the ball in motion, elevating the humble farm dog to aristocratic splendor. Queen... -
Border Collie Who? Are You?
Posted on April 2, 2008 | 15 CommentsThe people at Dogster have no clue about Border Collies. In one of those “answer some questions about yourself and we’ll tell you what cliché you are (replete with photo... -
BC/R&F: Viggo Mortensen
Posted on February 13, 2008 | No CommentsI began the Border Collies of the Rich and Famous series with the decidedly sub-par performance of one-time BC owner Ellen DeGeneres. We turn things around this time with exemplar...
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