'The Craft’s first martyr', John Coustos 'became a celebrity and a sensational symbol for the causes it would claim: tolerance, rational inquiry, cross-border cosmopolitanism, relative equality and enlightened faith.'

@darrin_mcmahon on the freemasons.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/with-a-nudge-a-wink

'"Dutch Light" roots its subject in his local environment, explaining, for example, how an abundance of sand for making glass led naturally to a thriving business in optical instruments in Holland.'

Patricia Fara on the life & work of Christiaan Huygens.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/through-the-magnifying-glass