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William Blake

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Alan Moore on William Blake’s contempt for Newton

As a major show of the revolutionary William Blake’s work opens in Oxford, Alan Moore, the legendary comic book author, delights in the artist’s subtle satire of Isaac Newton.

William Blake’s cottage in in the seaside village of Felpham, West Sussex

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Urgent appeal to save William Blake’s cottage

The country has until 28 November to donate, if the Blake Society is to transform his seaside cottage into a permanent home for the artist-poet.

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