Snails and Comenius. By Keith White
The inspiration for this piece was an unlikely combination of recent rain, and Melvyn Bragg’s BBC Radio 4 programme, In our Time. It was the rain in East London that brought out the snails, and Melvyn Bragg who introduced me to Comenius. Let’s start chronologically…with Johan Amos Comenius (1592-1670). If, like me you didn’t know … Read more