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...accounts, by some estimates, for nearly half of the British population (NatCen Social Research, 2016). Yet religion retains immense cultural influence, and the absolute numbers of religiously motivated people remain significant enough to require consideration in local and national policy decisions. A variety of religiously committed people are also regularly encountered...

...Account, 3 September 1700, issue 798. British Library, Burney 123a. [Described image] Figure 8 Advertisement for sheet music in The Post Boy, 21 September 1700, issue 851. British Library, Burney 123a. Discussion The rivalry of Walsh and Vaillant and their attempts to win customers is plain to see in Walsh’s claims that his edition is better than that of Roger (the...

...account of Leonardo creating The Last Supper reported that he would stand there for the whole day, just thinking, not painting a single stroke. It was completed in 1497 and was a critical success within months. In traditional fresco painting pigment is mixed with water and painted onto wet plaster. As they dry, they fuse together permanently. Leonardo, however, used oil...

...account for Bathsheba’s reckless act. Important though the descriptive detail is, if we are reading just to find out what happens next, we probably don’t really pay it a great deal of attention. But Hardy’s descriptions are worth close attention for they always contribute in various ways to the drama of the action. Novels like this really do one repay time invested...