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– C.S. Lewis

Betsy

The Westie Wonk Goes On, Even in a Pandemic

April 8, 2020
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Curation

Curation

“In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture; the word ‘elitist’ could be spat out with the same confident contempt as ‘coward’ at a court martial. It seemed as if prejudice could not be banished without driving some other topic, once freely discussed, or even admired, into a shameful exile…

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