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...becoming unwieldy on my hands, and one must double back to secure connexion--read out in that silvery voice of his, which is sweeter than any music to my ear, those chapters of the New Testament that deal with the birth of the Saviour. And the red-faced rustic congregation hung on the good man's voice as he spoke of the Infant brought forth in a manger, of the shining...

...become one of the most written about artists of any period. (Look at The British Library online catalogue to survey recent books about him. Click to read Carel van Mander's writing on Caravaggio's life Activity 2 Langdon in the introduction to her book outlines the reasons for the many modern publications about Caravaggio and reviews some of the literature on him. Please...

...become largely dependent on the account provided by her brother-in-law, penal reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton, which was published in 1818 and subsequently used by other campaigners and later hagiographers. Buxton describes the terrible scenes of poverty and debauchery that Elizabeth encountered; women, scantily dressed, begging at the gratings, playing at cards, swearing,...

...becoming a little bit more proactive, which is great. The issue is really about whether self-publishing has a life, and that’s really the only threat to publishers, and the evidence in 2014/15 is not a huge threat, which is probably what we could have predicted, but in about 2012 there was a lot of people worried. The disruption and the change has had a huge impact on...