. The didactic purpose of the frescos is clear from the strap-line at the base of the Allegory of Good Government, which begins “Turn your eyes to behold her, you ...
I had taken some thirty years ago – a walk that had stunned and disturbed me at the time, but which I had since almost forgotten… Continue Reading ...
I’m now about the same age as Joseph Needham was in 1967 and there’s something intriguing and a little embarrassing about my (very slight) connection with him, namely that he ...
William Morris (1834-96): ‘Hey Bute, pass over that platter of roast crackling, there’s a good fellow.’
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