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A weekend miscellany

A weekend miscellany

A more-or-less haphazard collation of anecdotes and curios, poetry and prose

Mathew Lyons
Mar 07, 2025
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George Herbert at Bemerton by William Dyce, London Guildhall

I always enjoyed the excerpts that John Julius Norwich used to publish from his commonplace book as Christmas Crackers, and this is intende…

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