JeremyPaxmancontinueshisexplorationoftheVictorianworld.Inspiredbythepaintingsoftheday,hetellsthestoryofVictorianpower.
Railways,factoriesandmilitarymightmadeBritaintherichestcountryintheworld.PaxmanfindsBritishgeneralsdressedintogasintheForeignOffice,meetsthehorsethatledtheChargeoftheLightBrigade,drivesasteamtrainandvisitsafort,asteelworksandamillionaire'smansiontotellthestoryofthetimewhe...[
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JeremyPaxmancontinueshisexplorationoftheVictorianworldbyenteringthetypicalVictorianhome,ahavenoforder,respectabilityandmorality.
Butnoteverythingwasalwaysasitshouldbe,withsexualdoublestandardsandtheperilsofdrink,diseaseandpovertyallthreateningtodestroythecherisheddreamofHomeSweetHome.
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JeremyPaxmantakeshisloveofVictorianpaintingsasthestartingpointforajourneyintoVictorianBritain.Suchpicturesmaynotbefashionabletoday,buttheyareagoldmineofinformationaboutthemostdynamicageinBritishhistory.
HeinvestigatesthemostdramaticeventofVictorianBritain:theexplosionofgreatcities.AtfirsttheVictoriansfearedthesenewmonstersintheirmidst,butthengrewtoloveandtransformthem.
Jeremyexplorest...[
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BiographyBeaumontwasToryMPforBereAlstoninDevonbetween1790-6.Thereafterheretiredfrompoliticstopursuehisloveofpoetryandthefinearts.BeaumontwasafriendoftheLakePoets,especiallyofWilliamWordsworthwhomhesawasakindredspirit.HefrequentlylentWordworththeuseofhisfarmonhisestateatColeorton.Interestingly,wherehisinterestsinpoetrywereforward-looking,hewasopposedtonewtrendsinart.
PatronageandinfluenceB...[
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Creativityquotescaninspireustogetstartedonourcreativeendeavors,whetherit’swritingascreenplay,puttingtogetherapresentationforaclient,orsimplybeingmorecreativeineverydaylife.Here,then,are75creativityquotestogetyourcreativejuicesflowing.1.“Thereisnodoubtthatcreativityisthemostimportanthumanresourceofall.Withoutcreativity,therewouldbenoprogress,andwewouldbeforeverrepeatingthesamepatterns.”—Edwardd...[
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