Dinesh's photos with the keyword: Melvyn Bragg

An eternal charm seems to emanate from these places forgotten by the time. May be the Photography refines senses and gives the ability to see the world through new eyes.

In 1652 the first coffee house opened in England and came to know as "Penny universities."

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In 1415 Henry V broke with 350 years of royal tradition in writing his dispatches (Below) from Agincourt in English instead of Latin or French

Frontispiece and title page of William Tyndale’s Revised New Testament of 1534, “deligently corrected and composed with the Greke.” He wanted ordinary people to have direct access to God and a Bible in the language of the people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale

This outstanding surviving example of an early press shows the carriage open, exposing the type laid out on the forme* below. Hanging from the side of the press is the soft sponge used to ink the type. Beams anchor the press to the ceiling of the workshop * = a body of type secured in a chase for printing.

English is a river. Its content is always changing and it has many tributaries. Its characteristics include impermanence. Indeed, there can be no single definition of the English language. This conclusion applies across history and across countries. It's not only the language that's different now. So are the speakers. In the middle of the last century, around 400 million people spoke English. The total is now 1.5 billion, while the proportion of them living in Britain, North America and Australasia has declined. There is no historical parallel for this growth in English usuage and the shift in the language's center of gravity. English has become a global language not through any inherent virtues but because of the political and economic power of successively the British Empire and the United States. ~

sunflowerdrivein.cafe HBM - Have a great week, Sir/Madam

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