Happy Easter
The Last Supper by Tintoretto
‘Love, the unconquered in battle’: the poetics of defeat in ancient Greek tragedy
Prayer by Hartley Coleridge (1796 – 1849)
The timeless beauty of Bath
The sweet briar rose
Igor Oistrakh
Roses for Fairtrade Fortnight (21 February to 6 March 2022)
Ten Great Museums & Galleries of London
Red-sailed fishing trawlers in historic Brixham
John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) and his search for beauty
Honouring John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821)
Beautiful Tenby
‘O my luve’s like a red, red rose’ and other beautiful quotations about roses
‘Philomela fair’: the nightingale in English poetry
Historic Brixham, Devon
Fishermen, beach huts and a castle: Sussex in early photographs (1890-1910)
Homage to Mendelssohn: Alkan’s Barcarolle for solo piano
The rich literary world of Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
'Loveliest of trees'
Herrick and Waterhouse on the transitory beauty of the rose
Ah! what pleasant visions haunt me - Longfellow
'There’s sweetness in an apple tree,/And profit in the corn': Ch. Rossetti on the beauty of the rose
Romos Philyras (1888-1942), a lyrical poetic voice