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Letters from Sir Hugh Owen, with Related Material
Comprises 4 autograph letters, including 2 from Owen to Jabez Hogg dated 26 September 1871 and 5 September 1881, the latter with a stamped-addressed envelope, 1 from Owen to William Torrens dated 19 March 1867, and 1 from William Torrens to Jabez Hogg also dated 19 March 1867, 1 small portrait photograph of Sir Hugh Owen, 1 larger printed portrait of him engraved from the latter about the time of his death, and 1 extract from the press concerning his long career.
Hugh Owen, 1804-1881
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Translations
The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative. "Translations" is a modern classic. It engages the intellect as well as the heart, and achieves a profound political and philosophical resonance through the detailed examination of individual lives, of particular people in particular place and time." Daily Telegraph "This is Brian Friel's finest play, his most deeply thought and felt, the most deeply involved with Ireland but also the most universal: haunting and hard, lyrical and erudite, bitter and forgiving, both praise and lament." Sunday Times
New and Divine
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Welsh Terrier
Om anskaffelse, opdragelse, pasning og pleje af Welsh terriers
Modern Buildings in Britain
The definitive illustrated guide to modern British architecture, from one of the most acclaimed critics at work today Modernism is now a century old, and its consequences are all around us, built into our everyday lived environments. Its place in Britain's history is fiercely contested, and its role in our future is the subject of ongoing controversy - but modernist buildings have undoubtedly changed our cities, politics and identity forever. In Modern Buildings in Britain, Owen Hatherley applauds the ambition and explores the significance of this most divisive of architectures, travelling from Aberystwyth to Aberdeen, from St Ives to Shetland, in search of our most important and distinctive...
