30 January 1900 On the morning of Ruskin’s funeral, a Guardian writer is shown round the art critic’s Lakeland home On the morning of John Ruskin’s funeral it was my privilege to be shown over the ...

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On the shores of Coniston Water, in the shadow of The Old Man, is Brantwood the home of John Ruskin. John Ruskin was born in London in 1819. He was the son of a sherry merchant and a Croydon inn ...

‘Anybody may publish any letter I ever wrote, provided only they give the WHOLE of it.’ ‘There are some faults slight in the light of Love, some errors slight in the light of Wisdom . . . but Truth ...

Brantwood – the former home of England’s greatest thinker John Ruskin – is so much more than a single day out on your doorstep. Nestled on the eastern shore of Coniston Water, the house is an ...

AFTER my return from Europe in 1873, ten years passed before I again saw Ruskin. They were years of grave change and sad experience for him. He continued to engage in dangerous excess of dispersed and ...

My colleague Sally Beamish, who has died of a brain tumour aged 54, was head gardener and estate manager of Brantwood, John Ruskin’s former home in the Lake District. Sally was a visionary gardener ...

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Located on the shores of Coniston Water with stunning views over the lake and the fells beyond, Brantwood is the historic home of John Ruskin – one of England’s most famous art critics, social ...

Mature Victorian landscape gardens lead to Ruskin's experimental gardens, to ancient woodlands, high moorland and spectacular views. Completion of the Zig-Zaggy, a garden begun by Ruskin 130 years ago ...