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Visual arts: The brilliant Doctor Who He is perhaps the outstanding British designer of the last century. But history has not been kind to Christopher Dresser.
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"IT'S SO unfair," laments Harry Lyons. "William Morris only
designed 49 wallpapers and is revered for them, while Christopher
Dresser could sell 30 designs to one client on his way through
Philadelphia, and no one knows about any of them." It's a telling
comparison. Dr Dresser is perhaps the most original and prolific
19th century British designer, a visionary of streamlined modernism
and all the qualities held dear today; yet, while the infinitely
fussier Morris is proclaimed the father of the Arts and Crafts
movement, Dresser is merely considered a brilliant curiosity.
To promote Dresser, ...
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Grahamstown Beats Gauteng By Far, But Where Are All The Men?
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; Grahamstown (East Cape News, September 22, 1999) I left Gauteng for Grahamstown very disappointed and not so sure if I wanted...disguised as affirmative action. I must admit Grahamstown was just the right place to be at the right...
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Grahamstown Misses The Plot.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; ...9, 1999) In the mystically charged Grahamstown, more drama is taking place in the...and yet everything remains the same. Grahamstown reminds me of that joke I heard in an...get in there for the past 25 years." Grahamstown, without the festival, is reputed...
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Grahamstown Station Commander Sishuba Suspected of Hit-And-Run Killing.
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; Grahamstown, Aug 27, 2001 The senior policeman...Rhodes gardener Fumanokile Galela is Grahamstown's controversial police station commissioner...ensured that a docket was opened against Grahamstown police officers investigating him for...
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Grahamstown Performers Given a Hand By Transnet.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown, Jul 02, 2003 (East Cape News/All...Transnet have extended a hand to Grahamstown performers in the form of a massive...sponsorship had now been extended to Grahamstown performing artists. He said Free State...
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Emerging Farmers Progress Well in Grahamstown District.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown, Oct 10, 2003 (East Cape News/All...progress" made by emerging farmers in the Grahamstown district over the past three years...here are doing." Five members of the Grahamstown Small Farmers Association (GSFA) occupying...
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Grahamstown Festival is On, Thanks to Bisho!
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown, Mar 26, 2002 Grahamstown's internationally famous National Arts Festival will play...announcement drew jubilant applause from about 60 members of the Grahamstown Residents Association on Tuesday night, when guest speaker...
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Grahamstown Geared for Flocking Festinos.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown, Jun 26, 2003 (East Cape News/All...police and firemen have been jetted into Grahamstown to deal with the masses expected to flock to the 2003 National Arts Festival. Grahamstown Police superintendent Lizette Zeelie said...
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Grahamstown Community Worker Calls for Action At Chaotic, Deadly Roadworks.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown, Oct 10, 2003 (East Cape News/All...Media via COMTEX) -- A well-known Grahamstown community worker and academic editor...measures and procedures at the chaotic Grahamstown-Port Elizabeth N2 roadworks after...
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Grahamstown Tourism Entrepreneur Brings 'Mr. Info' And Jobs To The Province.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown (East Cape News, December 7, 1999) A Grahamstown hotelier whose imagination was ignited by a system...tourism and accommodation information vending machines. Grahamstown hotelier Peter Repinz launched the R2D2-looking machines...
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Former Top Grahamstown Accountant Goes to Jail After Appeal Bid Bombs.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Grahamstown, Sep 11, 2001 Once he was one of the most powerful and respected men in Grahamstown, but on Friday disgraced accountant and...Vetch, said Vetch and a partner bought Grahamstown accounting firm AR Whitely & Co in...
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