Now! Then! Tag: Lear, Edward (1812-88)

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Artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

11 August 1875: The Whitby town crier’s unique act for the municipal dog show

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

Music from and about Yorkshire by Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder.

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Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 960 historical serendipities (761K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,627 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,843 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, poetry, Kingston upon Hull, Bradford, Horse ... 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.

Toutes ces choses sont passées/ Comme l'ombre et comme le vent: se non è vero, è ben trovato.

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