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* The Pursuit of Happiness in the 18th Century

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2: Culture in the Provinces
J. H. Plumb Professor Emeritus of Modern English History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ's College, analyses the development of artistic sensibility In the prosperous market towns of England, at a time when even Boston in Lincolnshire had two theatres and the quantities of bad amateur verse written and printed boggles the mind.'

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J. H. Plumb
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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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