A monthly miscellany from books, art, history and memories, usually with a theme for the 1st of the month. Ceramics and some English worthies are often featured.
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Tuesday 27 August 2013
August 27th
"It is so cold this 27th. of August that I shake in the green-house where I am writing."
William Cowper, Correspondence 1782, (Buckinghamshire)
From The English Year compiled by Geoffrey Grigson
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