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alongside many of whom you’ll likely never have heard (Mary Black,

Augusta Withers, Levina Teerlinc, Susanna Horenbout), mainly because,
well, sexism, but also often their surviving works are vanishingly rare, either

lost or mis-attributed since their creators’ deaths.

Teerlinc and Horenbout were in-demand miniaturists to the Tudor court, and
yet neither have anything like the name recognition of, say, Nicholas

Hilliard. Perhaps that’s about to change.

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Off-topic geographically speaking, but if you fancy a day out with some
interesting chat in gorgeous surroundings, I’m going to be talking to Thomas
Heatherwick about his new book Humanise, in which he argues that boring

buildings are bad for our health and for society, at the Charleston Festival on
May 24 (the festival runs from May 16-27). You can book tickets for

that here, it would be great to see you.