It’s estimated that 95% of all the gold ever mined is still around. Continue reading Old gold
Category: Art & Artists
The merchandising of Venice
“What news on the Rialto?”
“Why, none. ’Tis flooded…” Continue reading The merchandising of Venice
We’re in the Monet!
Who wouldn’t want a Monet painting hanging on their wall? Continue reading We’re in the Monet!
Everyone likes trees
International Day of Forests falls on Thursday 21 March 2019. Its theme this year is Forests and Education. Continue reading Everyone likes trees
A corner of a foreign field that is for ever England
The less well-known poets of the First World War include Charles Hamilton Sorley. Continue reading A corner of a foreign field that is for ever England
Edward Thomas’s “October”
During the First World War, the American poet Robert Frost persuaded the young British writer Edward Thomas to take up poetry. Continue reading Edward Thomas’s “October”