Who was sir christopher wren?

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Who was Sir Christopher Wren?

Personable, yet naturally reser ved, ‘that miracle of a youth

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15 February, 2023

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Easel on the eye

John Piper was a modernist who rejected Modernism, a versatile artist who defied categories, but one who remained true to the spirit and detail of the places he painted

The TLS

Right place, right time

So Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in October 1876, charting the latest instalment of the Holbein cult. He was renting a room in Isleworth, west London, still hoping for a religious career

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Pick of the spring

• In March, Marthe Armitage will be 96 ...

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