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To think William Morris and Gransnet are poles apart

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trisher Sun 20-Feb-22 11:28:04

A recent thread was deleted because "it brought nothing useful of beautiful to the site". A reference of course to Morris's advice Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
I can't see what on earth this has to do with threads on GN. Many of which are just ways to pass the time, gossip or games. So can anyone find a connection between the two or am I right in thinking William Morris is now turning in his grave? Or is this perhaps a new turning for GNHQ and will all posts now be looked at for beauty and usefulness? (Possibly though the new moderator is an intern who has just finished an art degree grin)

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FannyCornforth Tue 22-Feb-22 14:04:05

Hello Bonbons I believe that Jane answered it on the other, similar thread.

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JaneJudge Tue 22-Feb-22 14:04:49

I've answered it on the other thread you asked me on, many thanks

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JaneJudge Tue 22-Feb-22 14:07:35

here is a link to his wikipedia page

From the above page

Morris's behaviour was often erratic.[241] He was of a nervous disposition, and throughout his life relied on networks of male friends to aid him in dealing with this.[77] Morris's friends nicknamed him "Topsy" after a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin.[242] He had a wild temper and when sufficiently enraged could suffer seizures and blackouts.[243] Rossetti was known to taunt Morris to enrage him for the amusement of himself and their other friends.[244] Biographer Fiona MacCarthy suggests that Morris might have suffered from a form of Tourette's syndrome as he exhibited some of the symptoms.

There are also other articles if you google though

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bonbons01 Tue 22-Feb-22 14:10:09

Yes. thank you FannyCornforth I have seen that.
JaneJudge, I have responded to you on the other thread. Thank you for clarifying. Not for the first time, Wikipedia is inaccurate.

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JaneJudge Tue 22-Feb-22 14:14:03

Fair enough smile

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bonbons01 Tue 22-Feb-22 14:18:42

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