The Bertrams

Concluding Talk

23rd March at 8pm (UK)

Join Dr Nicholas Shrimpton for the concluding talk of our BIG READ of The Bertrams

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Young Victorian man looking out of a window in Jerusalem

Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected novelists of the Victorian era.

His perceptive novels remain relevant today, and his reputation continues to grow with each passing year.

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We are told to love others as ourselves, and it is hard to do so. But I think that we never hate others, never despise others, as we are sometimes compelled by our own convictions and self-judgement to hate and despise ourselves.

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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

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