Now! Then! Source: Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1907)

Philip Sidney. 1907. The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. Ed. Ernest A. Baker. London: George Routledge and Sons.

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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.

Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 936 historical serendipities (752K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,589 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,725 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Horse, Bradford, poetry, Kingston upon Hull ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.