An Opera for Everybody: The Story of English National Opera
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Susie Gilbert traces the development of ENO from its earliest origins in the darkest Victorian slums...
Folk Song in England
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In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great...
Handel: A Listener's Guide
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Of all the biggest-name composers, Handel probably wrote the most truly great music that no one...
Tea Gardens
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A sunlit lawn, blossom-laden trees, rustic chairs grouped around tables laden with teapots, and...
The Classic Guide to Gardening
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The Victorian age, the age of industrial revolution and expansion of cities, was also the age of an...
The 'Estranged' Generation? Social and Generational Change in Interwar British Jewry
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This book focuses on the nature and extent of social change, integration and identity transformation...
WG's Birthday Party
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On a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord's to celebrate the fiftieth...
Cats in Art
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The cat has been a favourite subject of artists across cultures from prehistory until the present...
Louisa Waterford and John Ruskin: 'For You Have Not Falsely Praised'
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Louisa Waterford (1818-91), modest, retiring, of good family, renowned for her beauty, and with...
The Children History Forgot
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Once upon a time, Britain forged a mighty industrial empire - built with the blood, sweat and tears...