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Malta’s oldest theatre company, MADC, is set to make theatrical history with its first-ever production of King Lear, one of ...
What3words is the result. Mr Sheldrick chose to divide the world into those squares, to give the precision that would help find not merely a venue but a particular entrance. A mathematician friend ...
Edward Lear, the 19th century English poet and painter, has been commissioned by the Viceroy of India, Lord Northbrook, to paint the majestic Kanchenjunga.
Based on Edward Lear’s silly and whimsical poetry, the show is perfect for families introducing live theater to their children, with a one hour run time, $15 tickets and 10AM, 11AM and 2PM ...
The English artist and poet Edward Lear went to see the Taj Mahal on 16 February 1874, and wrote in his journal as follows: Came to the Taj Mahal; descriptions of this wonderfully lovely place are ...
This fictionalised, inner-world narrative is one that explores the thoughts and stories of Edward Lear, a notable 19th century English artist, poet and traveller. My Kolkata spoke to Roy, associate ...
BOOK EXCERPT A new novel imagines artist-poet Edward Lear’s little-known Indian sojourns An excerpt from ‘The Viceroy’s Artist,’ by Anindyo Roy.
To explain why, I need to say something more about Edward Lear (1812-1888), who is to be featured here as the latest in the Famous Travellers to Türkiye series. Lear is certainly still famous today, ...
Poem of the Day: ‘The Pobble Who Has No Toes’ Edward Lear must surely count as one of the most interesting and peculiar figures to live in the Victorian age — and that’s saying something, for the ...
134 years ago (1888) Edward Lear died. Although a highly accomplished artist, he is best known today for his nonsense verse which helped define the genre.