Unkind cuts in Bewick's; The world of Thomas Bewick was not for the faint-hearted, as David Whetstone finds - through a magnifying glass.

The Journal (Newcastle, England) | July 7, 2009 | Copyright

LET'S not kid ourselves about the olden days - the early 1800s, say. There wasn't much on the telly, so you had to find your pleasures where you could.

If that meant putting a baby in a cart tethered to a dog which had a cat tied in front of it, pointing the whole shebang in the direction of a river, providing some exuberant encouragement with a long stick and letting nature take its course, then so be it! Mayhem and merriment all round. I'm sure it beat Big Brother.

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