In March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War gathered, the great poet, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills in Somerset. This is the story of that journey. With an introduction by Alexandra Harris, the acclaimed author of Weatherland.
In March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War gathered, the great poet, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills ...
Dates are invented things. Nothing in nature decrees that today is today. But for millennia humans have divided time into portions, and given those portions names which are shared widely across cultures, creating a common agreement on the date. This convention is useful in practical ways: we can make arrangements and can communicate time elapsed or time ahead. But the calendar also makes a certain kind of truth and establishes that today is today. As calendars and almanacs developed, art from their specific time and place was naturally incorporated. In this small book showcasing the finest...
Dates are invented things. Nothing in nature decrees that today is today. But for millennia humans have divided time into portions, and given those po...
