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Sunday, February 20, 2011

William Morris in Iceland




On trips to Iceland in the 1870s, William Morris fell in love with its strange, ever-changing landscape and its traditions of craftsmanship. Fiona MacCarthy on how his travels inspired a new work by composer Ian McQueen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/27/william-morris-iceland-ian-mcqueen

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http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/William-Morris/118891181479937

as I'd missed this article
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2 comments:

  1. Dragon drawingsFebruary 20, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    I wonder if Iceland has legends about dragons, because I believe I have seen a series of Dragon Drawings that were based on an Icelandic myth.

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  2. HermesFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    http://dracopediaproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/icelandic-white-dragon.html

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