by stuart | Dec 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
As many of us around the globe find ourselves trying, for a second year running, to meet the challenge of Covid as we prepare for Christmas, let’s look back to a delightful episode in the life of John Ruskin. A RUSKINIAN CHRISTMAS To Dr Kay Walter, Dedicated Teacher,...
by stuart | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Among the earliest Companions of Ruskin’s Guild of St George were two eminent citizens of Scotland’s “granite city”. James Walker will form part of the story that follows, but this blog will focus on his friend, THE RUSKINIAN BUILDER: JOHN MORGAN OF ABERDEEN John...
by stuart | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have lost a friend, and the world has lost the grandpa of modern Ruskin Studies. Shortly before Jim’s death, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, several of us were fortunate to be given the chance to voice our sense of indebtedness to a man remarkable for his...
by stuart | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Among the numerous treasures Ruskin acquired for himself and the public in the course of his long life, from books to botanical specimens, shells to stones, and manuscripts to minerals, his horde of coins is one of the least well-known and appreciated of his...
by stuart | Oct 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the first of a new series of occasional blogs exploring Ruskin’s global reach, I focus on how Ruskin was celebrated as an Apostle of Beauty calling on Europe to reject modern industrial capitalism and return to nature. A brief look at two Czech readers of Ruskin...
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