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Weekend Reading & Listening

Charles Lewsen kindly sent me a number of photographs of the celebrations for Edward Lear’s bicentenay in London on 12 May and I have created a Facebook album you might like to see. This week’s Guardian Book Podcast: Poet and … Continue reading

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Some New Bicentenary Events

Having been away from home for some time, I am late to announce this concert, but there will be another on on 23 March: However, Benjamin Charvner has kindly sent me this version of Cold Are the Crabs for your … Continue reading

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Edward Lear and the Ionian Islands

The Corfu Museum of Asian Art has officially announced the dates for the bicentenary exhibition, Edward Lear & the Ionian Islands, at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, from 25 May to 31 August 2012. The exhibition also … Continue reading

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Edward Lear Bicentenary: A Request

Less than a year now before Edward Lear’s 200th birthday. I forgot to post about his birthday this year, but Lear himself did not mention it in his diary for 12 May, he was probably still too depressed after Ann’s … Continue reading

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Master Drawings in NY

The NY Times reports that the Master Drawings New York 2011 show is in full swing, and features an Edward Lear watercolour of “The Cedars of Lebanon:” Andrew Wyld, a London dealer, among many interesting pictures, has several more Edward … Continue reading

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Edward Lear and G.F. Bowen

Lear first met George Fergusson Bowen in Rome in 1847, accepted his invitation to visit Corfu, and even considered the possibility of taking a post at the University of Corfu. In a letter to Ann during his first visit to … Continue reading

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