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BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN: Romance and Reason 2…..

Posted on 08/02/2014 by The Gardens Trust

In my last post I was waxing lyrical about the way that history and ruins in particular were romanticized  in the 19thc, and how gradually Ruskin’s idea of trusteeship of  the ‘national heritage’ were adapted and adopted.  This came at … Continue reading →

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BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN: Romance and Reason

Posted on 07/02/2014 by The Gardens Trust

I’m a hoarder and always have been. I’ve also been interested in history all my life and even as a child I collected anything and everything in the hope that one day it would come in ‘useful’.  Having written last … Continue reading →

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