by stuart | Apr 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Ruskin died in January 1900, the following pulpit appraisal was delivered by the Rev. William Knibb Burford (1863-1944),* in a sermon at the Congregationalist Wicker Chapel, in Sheffield, of which he was pastor from 1888 to 1901. Rev. Burford’s testimony is an...
by stuart | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
A little Easter weekend reading for you. A paper I have written in the recently published John Ruskin’s Europe can be read here. The paper attempts to explore how Ruskin’s ideas were received in Hungary, Bohemia, Poland, and (briefly) Russia. Tracing Ruskin’s...
by stuart | Feb 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
David Downs (1818-1888) was Ruskin’s gardener and his go-to man whenever one of his many projects needed a boost. Ruskin scholars generally suggest that Downs was a rather put-upon loyal family servant whose nous brought order to Ruskin’s chaotic schemes. But...
by stuart | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
For more than 20 years, Jen Shepherd was a key member of the team at the Ruskin Library and Research Centre at Lancaster University. Her recent death represents a sad loss to all who knew her. THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS Whenever I arrived at the Ruskin Library, Jen was...
by stuart | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
As many of us prepare for Christmas in some of the strangest circumstances we can remember, let’s look to Ruskin’s wider circle for cheering memories Christmas Day 1928, the Sheffield Daily Telegraph reported, would mark the 50th wedding anniversaries of “Mr and Mrs...
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