Repton

The Right Reverend Humphrey Southern, the Bishop of Repton, said it was a “hollow” greeting to make to those who were suffering.

2009 November « Anglican Samizdat 2009

The Right Reverend Humphrey Southern, the Bishop of Repton, said it was a “hollow” greeting to make to those who were suffering.

Wishing you a Happy Christmas is now an insult « Anglican Samizdat 2009

Now, as in the 1930s, the town is dominated by the presence of the school, whose buildings lie scattered around its center, but Repton itself has an ancient history, which goes back well over 1,500 years.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

Long before cable TV popularized instant makeovers of houses, gardens, wardrobes, bodies and souls, Humphrey Repton knew the power of the 'before' and 'after'.

Landscape Hints 2008

Roald came to me last night in considerable distress, because you thought that he must have been concerned in the unfortunate events which led to Michael Arnold leaving Repton.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

At Repton the teachers gained no respect from us nor did they try to.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

Repton said that landscape was about "appropriation ... that charm which only belongs to ownership, the exclusive right of enjoyment, with the power of refusing that others should share our pleasure."

Landscape Hints 2008

Discovered recently are these digitized before-and-after landscape illustrations of Humphry Repton, the prolific and influential English landscape designer of the 18th and 19th centuries, taken from what must be the only complete online facsimile of his important texts.

Landscape Hints 2008

There's a memorable Repton quote in John Brewer's 'The Pleasures of the Imagination' (p629).

Landscape Hints 2008

Because he had not become a boazer, he was leaving Repton uncorrupted and with his rebellious nature uncurbed.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010