Water music: the stirring songs of the River Thames | Saturday Review | The Times
... The story of the River Thames runs through the heart of British history: children learn about the signing of Magna Carta at Runnymede, visitors to art galleries admire Turner’s waterscapes. Yet the figures who once earned their living on the water are usually invisible. Charles Dickens sometimes gave them a voice in novels such as Our Mutual Friend, but more often than not they have been overlooked. ...
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