tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6387128750353563471..comments2024-03-16T08:31:20.966+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Elkstone, GloucestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-7021441096695374432014-08-25T20:29:05.619+01:002014-08-25T20:29:05.619+01:00Thank you, Joe. There were many more things I coul...Thank you, Joe. There were many more things I could have mentioned, not least the significant Irish contribution to our culture (though not, as you have pointed out, to the English language).Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32367267007355492602014-08-24T12:03:34.153+01:002014-08-24T12:03:34.153+01:00Thanks for this, Phil. You describe a kind of Engl...Thanks for this, Phil. You describe a kind of Englishness I feel particularly comfortable with.Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-49552844221551733782014-08-23T10:31:36.209+01:002014-08-23T10:31:36.209+01:00Absolutely - not just ideas. Perhaps I overused th...Absolutely - not just ideas. Perhaps I overused the word 'ideas' in that piece, and I certainly didn't want to exclude the actual artistic, musical and literary gifts brought by those arriving on Britain's shores. The sheer numbers are very impressive - thanks for that: I hadn't realised there were so many Huguenots.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-46119687095744169912014-08-23T00:52:26.381+01:002014-08-23T00:52:26.381+01:00I couldn't agree more. All these contributions...I couldn't agree more. All these contributions were indeed part of interactions stretching over hundreds of years. Industry, architecture, commerce, art, food and society happily absorbed these influences from overseas.<br /><br />But not just _ideas_ picked up from books or holidays abroad. Immigrants brought architectural, musical and literary gifts with them, once they settled in their new country. I always use the examples of 100,000 French Huguenots who arrived after c1690 and 120,000 Russian Jews who arrived after c1885. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-58366830652751074992014-08-21T17:41:40.875+01:002014-08-21T17:41:40.875+01:00Sue: Thank you so much.Sue: Thank you so much.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-35492135822773907022014-08-21T14:40:32.640+01:002014-08-21T14:40:32.640+01:00Wonderfully reasoned comments. Wonderfully reasoned comments. Framedlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655949596928185978noreply@blogger.com