Art and music creation are two worlds that are closed to me. I am like one of Terry Pratchetts Disc world elves, I can appreciate music and art but I simply can not do it. I love listening to singing and as I wrote in my blog about the sublime it is one of the …
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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Religion, Art and Science
On Tuesday I attended a lecture provided by The Arts Society Coventry. It was a pleasure because the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB) is one of my favourite topics. My degree was History and Victorian Studies where they featured as one of the many interesting topics of the period. The talk was provided by Dr Matt Wates …
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Sublime Experiences
When I was a little boy there was a playing field near the house next to a little church. It was there that I first experienced the sublime. For some reason on a spring day we were standing by the railing and I looked out onto the field and the grass seemed greener, the butterflies …
An Inspector Calls
Today I want to continue my little series on An Inspector Calls. I will be looking at Shiela Birling who is the daughter of Arthur Birling and engaged to be married to Gerald Croft. The relationship between Eva Smith and Shiela is a fascinating one. First their lives are similar in that they are dependent …
The Tolkien Toast
Today is the Tolkien Toast. Tolkien fans across the world will, at 9pm, raise a glass of their favourite tipple and proclaim “The Professor”. I think it is pretty obvious that I am a Tolkien fan. I am listening to Lord of the Rings whilst I write this. I am dyslexic and struggled as a …
Happy New Years Day
Happy New Years Day! In Scotland you can expect to do First Footing. The first person to come to your door receives a present such as a lovely piece of coal. In my family it is traditional to eat roast beef with Yorkshire puddings and lovely roast potatoes. Another tradition is to eat a nice …
Morning in Cornwall — Jonathan Wrote This
We left home a little after 10am yesterday morning, waving goodbye to our eldest daughter who is looking after the house, and set off towards the south west and my parents house. After stopping at a picnic area to stretch our legs, we finally arrived late in the afternoon. This morning the weather has arrived […] …
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Writing Inspiration… Cornwall — anitadawesauthor.com
This magical photograph is of an actual place in Cornwall, called St. Nectan’s Glen. I know it well because I have been there. I have stood beneath it, getting soaked to the skin, and I have climbed up the rocks and stood looking down at the majesty of the thundering water. The sight and sound of […] …
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An Evening with Alfred Lord Tennyson — Lady Budd
Lady Godiva (1892) by Edmund Leighton (Public Domain) How do we experience poetry? This is the question I have been considering for several years. A poem can be read from a page while sitting on a comfy chair in front of a roaring fire, on a sandy beach, in a library or on public transit. […] …
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