Tag Archives: Margaret duchess of Portland

Object of the Month: April 2017

Posted on 27/04/2017 by carolinemmurray

Over the Easter weekend, the children who live opposite were applying the life lesson of the Parable of the Talents to raise money for charity. Their school had given them £1, which they had to make grow, and the options … Continue reading →

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‘Books and Dirtiness, the Usual Appendages of Learning’

Posted on 07/05/2015 by carolinemmurray

I had long promised myself the treat of tackling Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, To Which Are Added, Hearne’s Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq., and Lives … Continue reading →

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