David Blackburn

Why is there no God in the British Library’s latest exhibition?   

All exhibitions commit sins of omission, but the omissions in Georgians Revealed are unforgivable

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Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain at the British Library (until 11 March) would have you believe that the religious life was not a feature of Georgian Britain. God is an invisible force in this exhibition and the viewer has to know a fair amount about the period’s history to see Him at work among the exhibits.

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