{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a7849004bdd200117465f3/68cb2ddd48fcec38e9a1d6b1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"685. RT Rewind: August 1996 Ads & Features","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a7849004bdd200117465f3/1758145920179-5c432ff1-0949-4e41-a46f-50131ce8bb78.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s the 90s so the Ads and Features from the August 1996 issue of Romantic Times are a treasure trove of confusion. We’ve got:</p><ul><li>A tour of Jude Deveraux’s Grade II Listed Home in Suffolk</li><li>Barbara Cartland perfumes</li><li>How should emoji faces be written? Nose or no nose?</li><li>What is the appeal of “nursing him back to health” plots?</li><li>And RT is going to answer the eternal question that has plagued womankind throughout the ages. It’s a doozy.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We mentioned:</p><ul><li><em>Anne Rice: A Critical Companion</em>&nbsp;by Jennifer Crusie (<a href=\"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=anne+rice+a+critical+companion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">eBay</a>) (<a href=\"https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/anne-rice-a-critical-companion-critical-companions-to-popular-contemporary-writers_jennifer--smith/1708239/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Thriftbooks</a>)</li><li>Barbara Cartland perfumes (<a href=\"https://www.ebay.com/sch/26395/i.html?_nkw=barbara+cartland+perfume&amp;_from=R40\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">eBay</a>)</li><li><a href=\"https://perfumesociety.org/tag/bsp/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Perfume Society’s</a>&nbsp;remembrance of John Bailey, former president and personal perfumer to Barbara Cartland (that’s a job!?)</li><li>Jude Deveraux’s former&nbsp;<a href=\"https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031633\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">home in Suffolk, Ketton House</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.ebay.com/itm/154110288338\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Is this Peter Gallagher?&nbsp;</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Join the Patreon, and help me turn off pre- and post-show ads: <a href=\"https://patreon.com/smartbitches\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon.com/smartbitches</a></p>","author_name":"Sarah Wendell"}