In book V of Aurora Leigh (1856) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the narrator makes an elaborate simile between the condition of the Earth in the interval between the Fall and the Incarnation, and a magician whose stunt has gone wrong:                               Earth, shut up By Adam, like a ...

The UK’s Royal Mint announced in January 2021 a commemorative £2 coin “Celebrating the Life and Work of H. G. Wells”. The coin design (depicted below) suggests that no-one involved in the project had much in the way of expertise on Wells. As Alison Flood writes in The Guardian: Observant fans of...