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Press

Change and decay Robert Ashley There once was, I seem to remember, a bright young man who kept popping through the ITMA door, saying, "Good morning, nice day". His constant......

Religion

One of twelve Martin Sullivan On an occasion I was conducting a viva for small choristers competing for a prize in Divinity. One of them, an enchanting little redhead whose feet......

Country Life

Dog days Denis Wood 'Through ali the bright severity of noon' This line from 'Summer' in James Thomson's The Seasons (1730), conveys the torrid quality of the breathlessly hot......