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Sandro Botticelli burns his paintings

17 May 2022

On this day in 1510 the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli died. Very little detail is known about his life: he was apprenticed to Fra Lippo Lippi, was greatly influenced by the puritanical monk Savonarola to... Read More

Dr Samuel Johnson meets his biographer James Boswell

16 May 2022

On this day in 1763 in London, Dr Samuel Johnson met for the first time his future biographer, James Boswell. It was not love at first sight. Boswell tried unsuccessfully to hide the fact that... Read More

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s corsets shocked the Turks

15 May 2022

On this day in 1659 the English aristocrat, socialite, writer and poet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born. An independent and strong minded woman, she was prepared to challenge and change conventional views on her... Read More

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Sandro Botticelli burns his paintings

Dr Samuel Johnson meets his biographer James Boswell

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s corsets shocked the Turks

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