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The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel review: a bibliophile s treat

From Renaissance rabbis to 19th-century forgers to John Pierpont Morgan's terrifying librarian, meet history's great manuscript addicts

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Eure in Normandy turns negative visitor reviews into marketing tactic

Eure in Normandy turns negative visitor reviews into marketing tactic
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An Easter drive around the Gwent Levels - 100 years ago

Argus, took a drive around the Caldicot Levels. He wrote about his journey in the Weekly Argus on April 2, 1921. We re-print it here with comments (in italics) by Peter Strong, secretary of the Gwent County History Association and volunteer with the Living Levels project. In the land of the reens Easter exploration of the Welsh Holland By J Kyrle Fletcher IT WAS at the fifth milestone out of Newport on the high road to Chepstow that we turned sharply to the right towards the land of the reens. The tourists who wrote our famous books on the topography of South Wales travelled on foot or they hired a nag; but – other days, other ways - we set out to explore the unknown regions of the Caldicot Level in a motor-car.

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