What can you do in prison? Write an account of China
12th Jan 2024 - Blog
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, going to prison, if you had some means, was not necessarily the
What more could a publisher want? A shipwreck in the South China seas and the shocking public murder of a London opera singer and high society mistress. The late 18th C wasn’t short of pamphleteers, printers and publishers ready to make a buck from an excited public. The two events come together in an unusual way in a book from 1788. You can read about it here.
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Huia: a handsome, dark, velvety bird.
24th Jun 2023 - Blog
There is a recording out of a very fine song and performance, The Huia and the Magpie, performed by Tāmira