by stuart | Aug 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
In his latest Ruskin Research Blog, Stuart Eagles stays local and discovers another intriguing and unexpected connection between his hometown of Reading and Victorian polymath, John Ruskin … THE LOVE OF BOOKS &THE JOY OF READING Yes, dear reader, my title is a...
by stuart | Jul 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
In his latest Ruskin Research Blog, Stuart Eagles looks at an argument Ruskin had with an ideal husband about … THE CRAZE FOR CHEAPNESS In August 1912 an article appeared in the provincial press which asked, “Was Ruskin Right?” It was part of a column called “From the...
by stuart | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you try to look up Lord Ronald Gower in a book about Ruskin, you almost certainly won’t find him. Yet, as Stuart Eagles explains in his latest Ruskin Research Blog, Gower and Ruskin had at least two meaningful meetings. The story involves Broadlands, Oxford, the...
by stuart | Jun 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
In this year of celebrations in the UK to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Stuart Eagles looks back at a notable Royal commemoration of Ruskin. In this case, the Royals involved were the King and Queen of Italy, and the occasion was the International...
by stuart | Apr 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Between August and October 1887 Ruskin was in Folkestone. He purchased some drawings of the town as it looked earlier in the century, but resisted appeals to give them to the local museum. This blog sheds new light on the episode. RUSKIN AND FOLKESTONE Ruskin arrived...
by stuart | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In my last blog, I implored you to “come back soon” only to keep you waiting for far too long. Having recovered from a recent bout of illness, I’m now ready to share what I described before as “an intriguing account of one of Ruskin’s digger-breakfasts at Corpus”. THE...
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