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‘She describes with brilliant clarity the changing light, the intensifying, somnolent heat of a summer’s day, and its sinking back into the cool quiet of dusk. It is exquisitely drawn.’ Daily Telegraph
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July 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘She describes with brilliant clarity the changing light, the intensifying, somnolent heat of a summer’s day, and its sinking back into the cool quiet of dusk. It is exquisitely drawn.’ Daily Telegraph
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Figes guides us through the day, from the dawn (‘midnight blueblack growing grey and misty’) through midday (‘the sun was high now… shrinking what little shadow remained, fading colours’) to evening (‘the tide of shadows rising as the sunset glow faded.’)
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July 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Figes guides us through the day, from the dawn (‘midnight blueblack growing grey and misty’) through midday (‘the sun was high now… shrinking what little shadow remained, fading colours’) to evening (‘the tide of shadows rising as the sunset glow faded.’)
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I’ll bang one out every now and then if I have dough fermenting, even though I’m told “that’s too much cheese” and “nobody can eat all that.” It’s important to resist such talk.
March 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ll bang one out every now and then if I have dough fermenting, even though I’m told “that’s too much cheese” and “nobody can eat all that.” It’s important to resist such talk.
This edition has been prepared by the historians Eamon Duffy and Ronald Hyam and has a substantial introduction, extensive footnotes, a chronology, an index and 48 pages of photographs. It is presented as two elegant hardbacks.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This edition has been prepared by the historians Eamon Duffy and Ronald Hyam and has a substantial introduction, extensive footnotes, a chronology, an index and 48 pages of photographs. It is presented as two elegant hardbacks.
#autobiography #cambridgeuniversity
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Benson paints a fascinating and often very funny picture of a public life at the heart of the Edwardian literary, educational, church and political establishments; but also of a private life riven by pressures of unconsummated romantic attachments and by attacks of appalling depression.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Benson paints a fascinating and often very funny picture of a public life at the heart of the Edwardian literary, educational, church and political establishments; but also of a private life riven by pressures of unconsummated romantic attachments and by attacks of appalling depression.
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Benson kept a voluminous diary for most of his life. Considered too controversial at the time, it was sealed up after his death. Only now, with the publication of this extensive selection, can his witty and acute judgements on people, institutions and issues be fully appreciated.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Benson kept a voluminous diary for most of his life. Considered too controversial at the time, it was sealed up after his death. Only now, with the publication of this extensive selection, can his witty and acute judgements on people, institutions and issues be fully appreciated.
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The book accompanies an exhibition at @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social, curated by Ian Warrell, which runs from 23/5 to 14/9, and will be available there, in bookshops, and on our website. See link in bio.
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June 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The book accompanies an exhibition at @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social, curated by Ian Warrell, which runs from 23/5 to 14/9, and will be available there, in bookshops, and on our website. See link in bio.
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They were photographed specially for the book at such a high resolution that we have been able to make full page and double page spreads of blown-up details that show every tiny nuance of colour and brush stroke.
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June 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
They were photographed specially for the book at such a high resolution that we have been able to make full page and double page spreads of blown-up details that show every tiny nuance of colour and brush stroke.
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The full video can be found online.
For more information about popes through the centuries, read ‘Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900’ – on our website, link in bio.
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The full video can be found online.
For more information about popes through the centuries, read ‘Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900’ – on our website, link in bio.
He is also probably the oldest person, in terms of birth year, to appear on film.
In his 1891 encyclical ‘Rerum novarum’, Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions. For this he became known as the ‘Pope of the Workers’.
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In his 1891 encyclical ‘Rerum novarum’, Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions. For this he became known as the ‘Pope of the Workers’.
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May 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
He is also probably the oldest person, in terms of birth year, to appear on film.
In his 1891 encyclical ‘Rerum novarum’, Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions. For this he became known as the ‘Pope of the Workers’.
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In his 1891 encyclical ‘Rerum novarum’, Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions. For this he became known as the ‘Pope of the Workers’.
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