Stories
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How to rehabilitate the concrete jungle
A huge concrete housing estate from the 1960s, now seen as an ecological mistake, is being drastically redeveloped, compounding the environmental errors. Owen Hatherley posits a more creative solution.
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Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
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Genius spirits and the mystery of creative inspiration
Once upon a time, we all had a genius.
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The complex longing for home
It could be mild, an almost poetic longing. Or it could be visceral, deep, an overwhelming feeling that eats into your everyday life. Come with Gail Tolley as she introduces a deep dive into homesickness.
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A miscellany on taste. By Mr. Pope, &c. Viz. I. of taste in architecture. An epistle to the Earl of Burlington. With notes variorum, and a compleat key. II. Of Mr. Pope's taste in divinity, viz. the fall of man, and the first Psalm. Translated for the use of a young lady. III. Of Mr. Pope's taste of Shakespeare. IV. - His satire on Mrs. P-y. V. Mr. Congreve's fine epistle on retirement and taste. Address'd to Lord Cobham.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.Date: 1732- Books
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Designs in architecture; consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for temples, baths, cassines, pavilions, garden-seats, obelisks, and other buildings; for decorating Pleasure - Ground, Parks, Forests, &c. &c. Engraved on 38 copper-plates. By John Soan.
Soane, John, Sir, 1753-1837.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
The art of writing and drawing : a selection of one hundred books from the Ekström Collection in the National Library for Psychology and Education, Stockholm a descriptive and annotated catalogue of 16th through 18th rare and important books on calligraphy - perspective - architecture - drawing - anatomy - colours and related arts / compiled by Ove Hagelin.
Hagelin, Ove.Date: 1987- Books
Views of Cheltenham 1786-1860, topographical prints of a regency town : the catalogue of an exhibition held at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, 14 July - 25 August 1984, being also a guide to the Art Gallery and Museums' collection of Cheltenham prints / exhibition organised and catalogue written by Steven Blake.
Date: [1984], ©1984- Books
Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797 : an introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the bicentenary of the artist's death 21 June - 28 September 1997 / Jane Wallis.
Wallis, Jane.Date: [1997]