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In the summer months of my youth, my mom always kept our weekday meals simple as a sandwich, and utilized whatever we had growing in the garden whenever possible. With necessity being the mother of invention, sandwiches had a crude, early beginning during the Middle Ages, when thick blocks of coarse and often stale bread called “trenchers” were used as a plate, and food was piled on top so it could be eaten with just your fingers or a knife. The stale, “trencher” bread, which often soaked up the juice and grease from whatever was placed upon it, were not usually eaten, but...

John Hamilton Mortimer and the discovery of Captain Cook John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779), Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander and Dr John Hawkesworth, c. 1771, oil on canvas, nla.pic-an7351768 The National Library of Australia holds within its large collection of artworks a most intriguing eighteenth century painting, the bequest of Dame Merlyn Myer. A beautiful work in good condition, the painting is unsigned and lacks its original title. Early research into the painting revealed that it had hung unremarked in private collections for 150 years and t...

10 day trips from London to do this May Bank Holiday Cordelia Aspinall What’s that? A day not spent pacing the same five streets and boring your local barista with the same morning coffee order? Hopping on Southern Rail might not be quite the tropical spring break you had planned but after months spent in a bleak and icy lockdown, any chance to leave the house feels like a holiday - especially if there’s a beach involved. Mercifully, London’s easy transport links mean we don’t all have to flock to Margate. From browsing bookshops in trendy Clifton to seaside strolls ...

The Grand Tour and the Global Landscape Tim Barringer Fig. 1. Rome from the Villa Madama by Richard Wilson (1714–1782), 1753. Oil on canvas, 37 5/8 by 52 ¼ inches. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. During the eighteenth century, wealthy and privileged Britons, such as the group portrayed by Nathaniel Dance c. 1760 (Fig. 2), hastened south, to drink at the font of European civilization in Rome amid the ruins of an earlier empire, and to absorb the classics in literature and art. Habits of viewing the landscape that derived ultimately from the Grand Tour determined the...

Legal action threatened over Iveagh Market repossession Updated / Thursday, 10 Dec 2020 17:52 Martin Keane's planned a 'Covent Garden' style market and hotel scheme for the site Businessman Martin Keane has threatened legal action against Lord Iveagh over the repossession of the Iveagh Market in Dublin. Mr Keane issued a 24-hour deadline for representatives of the Fourth Earl of Iveagh, Arthur Edward Rory Guinness, to vacate the building and surrender possession. He became involved in a legal battle with Dublin City Council while the market building remained empty and derelict for over 20 y...