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• Picturesque — is an aesthetic ideal first introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations of the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770 , a …   Wikipedia

• William Henry Ireland — (2 August 1775 ndash; 17 April 1835 [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/180/000104865/http://www.nndb.com/people/180/000104865/] ] ) was a forger of would be Shakespearean documents and plays. He is less well known as a poet, writer of gothic novels… …   Wikipedia

• National parks of England and Wales — Part of the Brecon Beacons National Park, looking from the highest point of Pen y Fan (886 m/2907 feet) to Cribyn (795 m/2608 feet). The national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic… …   Wikipedia

• Staffa —    STAFFA, an island, in the parish of Kilninian, district of Mull, county of Argyll. This small island, which is one of the Hebrides or Western Isles, derives its name, of Scandinavian origin, from the columnar formation of the rocks upon its… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Musselburgh —    MUSSELBURGH, a burgh of regality, in the parish of Inveresk, county of Edinburgh, 6 miles (E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the suburb Fisherrow, which is noticed under the head of Northesk, 6331 inhabitants. This place, which is of great… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium