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Alessandro Botticelli’s unrequited love

01 Mar 2021

On this day in 1445, the first day of Spring, the Florentine painter Alessandro Botticelli was born. Much of his work was done for his patrons, the Medici family, though he also produced work for... Read More

Frederic Chopin’s country idyll with George Sand

28 Feb 2021

On this day in 1789 the composer and pianist Frederic Chopin was born in Warsaw. Chopin’s name is much linked with George Sand, the diminutive but feisty cross-dressing authoress. Chopin would often spend summers at... Read More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s emotional pain

27 Feb 2021

On this day in 1807 the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born. An academic and for a time a professor at Harvard, he is known for his ballads The Song of Hiawatha and Paul... Read More

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